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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even though baby and I had no risk factors, my third would be dead if I had him at home. Don’t. [/quote]

This is absolutely ridiculous and just the kind of histrionics I'd expect on this board. You have no idea what the issues were with her 3rd or if she really even needed medical intervention. Do you see how many women here claim they needed an "emergency cesarean", yet they weren't placed under general anesthesia? Here's a newsflash, that's called an unplanned cesarean, almost always done unnecessarily.

I've had a free standing birth center birth, homebirth and I'm planning another homebirth. I'm a big advocate for birthing at home.

I will say, it's not for the faint of heart. I doubt many of my friends have the pain tolerance to handle it. They'd likely demand a hospital transfer after a few mins of transition. I do believe it's almost always healthier for the baby and mother to deliver in the home environment. Also brings baby into a calm and loving environment, that's a much better way to be welcomed onto the earth side. [/quote]

Plenty of necessary sections occur unplanned. Just because a csection isn’t a matter of life and death that very second doesn’t mean it’s not necessary.[/quote]

Sure but in that case your midwife can say “you’re going to need a c-section, hop in the car and I’ll call the OB at your nearest hospital.” Same with possible meconium aspiration — I have a friend whose baby was born outside a hospital but taken to the NICU for observation anyway. The question isn’t “hospital or no hospital,” it’s “if you start outside a hospital, can you get there if it turns out you need to be there.” My risk tolerance is relatively low so I picked out of hospital midwives whose risk tolerance is similarly low. [/quote]

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