Why is Ell so obsessed with having an unmedicated water birth and keeps going on about birth trauma? The twins' birth was a scheduled c-section and from what I remember there were no complications, except from blood loss and the boys had a pretty good start considering the fact they were born quite early, so what is this trauma exactly??
I'm all for preparing yourself the best you can for a positive birth experience. I think Ell educating herself on birth and doing hypnobirthing courses etc is the best thing she can do, as hopefully it will help her during birth. However, not packing anything in her hospital bag for a possible c section, and thinking she can just go home a few hours after birth, comes across as naive to me. She had a c section before and there is a chance this will end up being a c section again. I feel like she won't be able to cope if this perfect birth she has in her mind will turn into a c section again.