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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Took the words right out of my mouth. Thanks for posting, PP. I followed the epic thread about the last homebirth midwife disaster with interest, and although I would never think of having a baby while not also in a hospital, one thing I took away from the thread was that CNMs were more trustworthy than lay midwives. I guess not.

I will never understand why it is so important for people to give birth at home, particularly those in the examples above with known complications like group B strep, hypertension, obesity, prior C-section, etc. The terrible outcomes that result are tragedies by the truest definition of the word - that the participants, whether mother, father, midwife but most likely all three - have the tragic flaws of pride, selfishness and overconfidence to rank their "birth story" over the best possible care for their newborns and themselves.
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I'm not sure why I'm bothering to respond to you, but here goes.

You will "never understand"? That's fine. No one is asking for your understanding or approval. I personally have never understood why people cling to this notion that everything is better, safer, easier in a hospital. My baby was born in a birth center, with CNMs. It was about as uncomplicated as they come. I cannot imagine now going to a hospital with an OB to have a baby.

Your assumption that every mother who chooses to give birth to their child in any venue other than a hospital is prideful, selfish and overconfident as well as your assumption that any of those mothers care more about their birth story than the health and safety of their child are both insulting and naive. Do you really think that a birth that ends with a ruptured uterus and a dead baby would be a GOOD birth story? [/quote]

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