It isn't about how you birth...whether you do so vaginally or via c-section or whether you decide to use an epidural or gas and air. Or even who you choose to be your support during your labour. Your birth partner, your doula, your mother, friend or midwife. Control and taking control is all about you, what you know, what you don't know and what your decision is going to be. It seems odd that taking control over the births of our children also requires relinquishing control.