So, I slept on it, and decided to go with the birth center. Its a much more supportive and relaxed environment, and I wont have to fight with anyone about anything. I read up about the morbidity rates at hospital vs. birth enter and they are comparable for non-high risk births (obviously the rate is higher at the hospital since thats where high risk births happen). The infection rate at hospitals is highest vs home birth or birth center- which seems counter intuitive but with that many people (and so many sick people at that) it makes sense. I went ahead and booked my appts right up until my due date with the birth center and confirmed with insurance that its covered.

An added little bonus is that its going to cost a lot less- we pay a % of the facility fee (copay with insurance), and the birth center costs a tenth of what the hospital does. The difference in amount pays for our doula and birthing class!

I found our doula yesterday. Shes been practicing for ten years using an adapted bradley method and seems awesome. I looked her up on facebook (lol) before I called her and she seems awesome personally, so I called her up and we chatted for an hour. She also teaches birthing classes, so we're starting that with her in March.