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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Bullshit.  Every time something goes wrong with a homebirth you hear about it.  Things go wrong in hospitals (often because of problems with care) and it almost NEVER makes the news[/b].

I wish people would stop sounding off and making it sound like a homebirth is courting disaster.  A well trained, experienced midwife knows exactly when to transfer and what to do in case of the unexpected.  She is LESS likely to have problems than an OB for a multitude of reasons.  You need to understand that many problems are caused by interventions in the hospital.

In 30 years my midwife has had exactly two emergency transfers to the hospital and both of them were appropriate and resulted in the optimum care for the mother and baby (and no problems, in case that wasn't clear).  However, I know that she also transfers patients to the hospital or to another provider routinely, because they are no longer low risk or, if during labor, for failure to progress -- a non emergency issue.

A homebirth is not appropriate for everyone but Ipersonally am much more afraid of the hospital and unnecessary interventions than I am of being at home.  By using a midwife I have taken steps to minimize the inherent risks of childbirth.[/quote]

Really? The homebirth went wrong, the hospital inherited mom and baby, now they are deemed responsible, it looks to me like they did make the news.[/quote]

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