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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New PP here.

I had a home birth. Low risk pregnancy.  Textbook delivery.  Attended by 2 midwives and an apprentice.   Baby nursed within moments of birth.  I was never separated from him.  Beautiful healthy kid.  Fully vaccinated, by the way.

It was the right choice for me and my baby.  I avoided the stress of strangers traipsing through my room disturbing the privacy that is most conducive to labor. I avoided hospital staff watching the clock to see if I met the hospital's policy about how fast my labor should progress, avoided pitocin and starting the cascade of intense contractions that can't be managed without an epidural.  I avoided nurses shouting at me to wait to push because the doctor wasn't ready yet.  The list goes on and on.  All of those things have happened to friends and acquaintances during their births.

No thanks.  For a low risk pregnancy,  I'll take the midwife route every time.

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How do you know any of those things would have happened to you in the hospital?  And it only worked for you because nothing bad happened.  If nothing bad happens, a taxi driver can deliver your baby.  You go to the hospital because childbirth is dangerous to the child and to the mother, so you want that expertise there in case things go wrong.  Holding up bad things that COULD have happened to you in the hospital is irrational, unless you also cite to bad things that COULD HAVE happened to you at homebirth. Like you or your baby dying.

Your lack of logical skills leads me to think that you should not be opining about medical care.[/quote]

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