I know this seems really trite considering all that you will got through to actually get to the labour. However to me it is more abhorrant than the thought of all the pain blood and gore. I heard it is commen for the midwives to encourage you to take your clothes off. I can't think of anything worse or more humiliating than this. I have little of issue about bringing a baby into the world but find this modesty to be truly alarming and down right disgusting. Each to there own of course - no insult intended. but some people I have spoken to in my area say here they try to force you to be naked when you give birth. Also my understanding is most people do. Though I have never heard of this before. Of course I realise water birth would mean nakedness and that is why I am just not interested. I think anything that would make the mother distressed is bad for birth and if I have a midwife trying to rid me of my clothes as seems to be commen around here I am sorry but I count this as a total invasion of boundaries and would be deeply troubled. This is my number one concern. I understand the bottom half has to be free but I feel Nakedness too much. Way too much. I hate being touched and think it alarming that someone will physically try to remove my clothes in labour