VBAC on a delivery ward - can you completely avoid having an obstetrician in the room?

[PSL1990]

Assuming everything goes smoothly, can you have a VBAC on a delivery ward with just a midwife or is it standard practice for an Obs to come in and assess/examine?

I had an induction with just one midwife (and another midwife when the main one had a tea break).
There might have been a doctor near the end when things went a bit wrong (lots of people briefly there not sure who they all were and they went away) so midwife only standard where I was.

I did when it was all going smoothly. Started off with just the midwife and then she called the registrar in when she needed help.

@Lalapurple @elliejjtiny thanks for your responses. Out of interest.... what were your VBAC complications requiring a registra/consultant if you don't mind me asking.

@PSL1990 no I don't mind you asking. Registrar came in and put the wire monitor thing on the baby's head near the beginning as the midwife tried and couldn't do it (baby's head was still high and my cervix was only a tiny bit dilated so it was tricky). He wished me luck with the birth and went off so it was just me, dh and the midwife for about 4 hours. The midwife called him back in when ds's heartbeat kept going too high. He came back in and in less than half an hour ds was born by emergency c-section. He was in distress, trying to come out brow first and my temperature had shot up too.

To be honest an induced attempted vbac at 36 weeks when my waters had been gone for 9 days and I had an infection wasn't likely to succeed. The registrar was lovely and came to see ds in nicu a few days after he was born to see how he was.

@psl1990 midwife pressed alarm because baby's shoulder was stuck- as I said not even sure who the people that came were. They twisted the baby and he was born just after and fine.

I had a midwife led VBAC 4 weeks ago on labour ward - only obstetrician involvement was an hour after delivery to check I hadn't torn (had to have episiotomy) and that midwife could stitch in the room and I didn't have to go to theatre. Straightforward delivery, aside from the episiotomy, and just 1 midwife until LO was just about to make an appearance, then a second midwife came in, which I think is standard practice.