@polarisera I had a baby during lockdown, when I told the booking midwife that I wasn't going to have the vax and that I'd like to know more about a home birth given what was going on, and that I was even prepared to pay or a private midwife, her entire attitude towards me changed. She was abrupt, rude and really defensive (especially about the private midwife, something perfectly acceptable in the ROI and elsewhere in the UK, but not NI). It wasn't until about 6 months in that I actually spoke to a midwife who was prepared to discuss it with me, and only then because I think they were worried that I might free birth it.