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[quote=Anonymous]Home birth is always a clusterf*ck discussion on DCUM.

I had a homebirth attended by 2 midwives and a midwife in training.  Labor itself was insanely hard, the hardest thing physically I have ever done, and I totally understand and support other people wanting an epidural or any other birth that is right for their situation.

However, the maternal care and attention I received was top notch, I was in the privacy of my home with my husband, and my newborn nursed and latched right away.

It was a low risk pregnancy and everyone was ready to transfer to a nearby hospital if any issues arose.

I find the people who come down on the side of the "hospital is the only place for all births" are generally dismissive of the trauma women experience with substandard care during labor and postpartum. It's a lot of "well as long as there is a healthy baby" at the end of a patronizing, highly medicalized process then the women should STFU and deal with the way they were treated.  There are a LOT of women out there who have had terrible hospital births.

I reject that a healthy baby is the only thing that matters.  The mother is not just a vessel and the way she is cared for during labor matters too.

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