Liam will be there and also my mum is coming over from Australia in the 39th week so hopefully she will make the birth
we also have a doula called Faith who is going to be around, she was booked incase mum couldnt come, i need a non NHS woman around to stop them from cutting the cord too early, injecting me with stuff or rushing me to hospital for no reason... And to stop me from demanding drugs i dont need
I feel a strong woman whose given birth is essencial, simply because if i am in transistion and Liam says 'You can do it babe' my instinctive reaction will be to shout 'HOW THE £$^& WOULD YOU KNOW' before removing his right testicle.
If my mum says 'you can do it' well she gave birth to me, can hardly content with that can I!
Faith is mostly there to support Liam, he has the best intentions but seeing me in pain... well thats hard for men, they dont know what to do, you become a sort of wild animal - very tribal and i think they can feel a bit 'ousted' if shes around while he is fretting, she can calm him and look after him whilst i concentrate on myself!
Plus i think its good to have more than one birthing partner incase you have a loooong labour, if i am in the first stage for hours and hours, i might not be able to rest but Liam could get an hour or two and mum could take over and then they could swap
Liam is going to catch the baby, the joys of waterbirths

and i will hold him for ages when he is just born, have some boobie time and then get out of the birthing pool
Then Liam can cut the cord with the midwife before (open your minds here) feeding the veggie garden with some of the nutrient rich waters of the birthing pool (seems a shame to waste such awesome fertilizor)
Then mum is going to 'watch' the baby (to check they dont inject it with anything or rub it too hard or anything strange) and she will dress him for the first time whilst i get in the bathroom for a hose down and a change of clothes
Faith will make us all tea and take some photos of myself and Liam and the baby, i also want a picture of the whole birthing 'team' so i will probably wake up my housemate Mitch and ask him to take one of all of us together

for the album
I wouldnt want to do it without a strong woman who isnt NHS... just because of my insecurities about hospitals and structure and routine
i cant wait to give birth actually! i am dead excited about it (especially the birthing pool, i am a beached whale in the bath right now!)