JUst watched this - thought Rachel was v mature!
Homebirths - I had homebirths for 3 of mine, and am sure the use of resources is much less than a hospital birth - had 1 community mw, until the end, then 2 mws for the actual birth, but for dd my main mw was in the house less than an hour in total, the other mw was there 20 mins or so! ds2 was longer, and for ds3 it was maybe 3 hours in the house....(those times include time after the birth). But no bed taken up, no equipment used, no doctors times etc. And they were community midwives, not hospital midwives, so they weren't taken off the labour ward, and had they not been here, they would have been in bed!
But wrt the HB lady, I thought she was very sweet, I did wonder how she would respond if she had to be transferred, or if things didn't go to plan - as it happened they did, but I think the key to a homebirth is an open mind, because sometimes things don't happen as planned, and if you've put a lot of stock by 'how it's going to be' I think it can be hard to come to terms with if it doesn't happen like you planned.
I think perhaps they could have emphasised that a bit more with her!
Felt
for Danielle, she needed someone to look after her.