So I had a theory the other day when she was sharing everyone’s guesses for birth dates, birth position etc.
a lot said she’d go to the hospital around 8cm dilated, which is a really weird thing to guess.
I assumed she must have been telling them all that was her plan, and so they all just guessed around what she said (I still don’t think it’s responsible that her midwife sister encourages this, after how her last labour went).
and my theory is: she’s so disappointed in herself for not pushing through the pain last time, and essentially ‘giving in’ and getting the epidural, that she thinks if she just waits too long at home that she’ll have no choice but to have the perfect natchural pain free birth, because she won’t have the option of an epidural once she reaches that point.