A brief history.  My wife and I are having a baby girl in early April.  So far, so good, mom & baby are doing well.  No complications.  In the beginning, she wanted a homebirth but didn't even think of asking me about it since she knew what my stance was on this- hells no.  We toured a local hospital twice, and she's seen 4 doctors and 2 midwife programs in the hospital and 1 CPM.  We're going with the CPM and homebirth.   

And by that, I mean she wants a homebirth.  And I have to support her.  What changed?
1) She does not want a C-section.
2) She does not want a C-section- this is worth repeating because she feels that EVERYBODY gets a C-section at the hospital.  OBs are butchers licking their scalpels looking for fresh meat to cut into. 
3) She has a healthy distrust of the medical system
4) We're attending birthing classes with the CPM and their message about homebirth is one of empowerment and choice, heady stuff for a strong independent feminist hippy

Why did I change?  Well, you know, she's physically going through this.  Not me.  She really, really wants this.  She does feel guilty that she's doing something I'm not on board with.  But as a husband, I'm supposed to support her 110%.  It's not easy, since I'm worried about both of them and if something goes wrong.  That and she's a researcher, she has access and knows how to read research articles.  She can read one article and argue for a position like she's been in that field for years.