"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Typically in this area they don't recommend home birth for a first one.
They often offer the "DomINO" system (Domestic In Out) when at the onset
of labour the midwife comes round to your house, then accompanies you to
hospital for the actual delivery and then assuming all is well brings you
back again. That keeps total hospital time down to as little as a couple
of hours.

I can't think of anything worse for the mother.

But what does she count ...

Mary