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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so sorry about your niece. I would have done exactly as you did (kept mouth shut but internally wondered if I should have said something) and would feel exactly as you do (guilt that maaaaybe you could have helped prevent this). But truly, they would not have listened to you. People who choose home births are almost always very committed to their idea and have shut out all the evidence of how dangerous it is. We have friends who tried to have a homebirth with twins and an AMA mom and even midwives turned them down but they found one who would do it. Of course they ended up with a scary emergency C in a winter storm but thankfully the kids are ok. I kind of wish home births were not allowed. So much risk and baby has no say. [/quote]
^ Example of medical control freak mentality. If I had opted for a sickly hospital environment, I would have been another victim of an unnecessary Cesarean major surgery. However, with excellent (and patient!) midwives at my side, I gave birth to a perfectly healthy and happy baby.

Best decision of my lifetime, yet people who prefer hospitals should absolutely have that option.[/quote]

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