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Doctors and Midwifes don't deliver babies women do.
Florists deliver. Women give birth.
Midwives are great. If you don't like overly medical stuff, look for a homebirth midwife (lay midwives are great in my opinion, but I know not all will agree there, & you do have to be picky about how they were licensed) and look into Bradley or Hypnobirthing classes.
In general--educate yourself. Realize that you have a legal right to refuse any medical intervention. Talk to your birth attendant ahead of time and make sure you're on the same wavelength. Hire a doula if you can--she will advocate for you during your birth, and can also be your coach, and that will free your husband up to be support. (I think a lot of us lose sight of the fact that childbirth is as much a lifechanging event for men as it is for us.)