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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a doctor and have been in practice for 20 + years. This case is baffling.

I am trying to figure out what the parents were thinking when they decided to do a home birth. Did they think that if problems came up they would just rush off to the hospital and everything would be taken care of? 
To me, anyone should know that the ambulance could get caught in traffic, or there could be a bad storm making roads impassible, or the darn phone does not work. I guess in those cases others would have been sued including the National Weather Service. 
Why did they cut it so close? Even if she needed a c section, no one wants to do a rush and cut. Those are dangerous, more anesthetic complications, more infection, more technical mistakes, and so on. Are these the kinds of people who just think that some safety net is always going to open up for them after they take ridiculous chances with life? 
I had the impression that most home birthers were willing to accept all of the potential problems, kind of leaving it all up to the almighty and so on. 
This couple seems to be immature.. [/quote]But it was not an unassisted home birth
As a doctor you surely know more about home births than others.
Did you know that in some European countries a home birth is the recommended way
Only in some cases is a hospital birth recommended. 
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