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Pregnancy - Health / Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth?
« on: July 09, 2002, 10:13:29 AM »
I'm wondering if any of you have opinions on home birth with a midwife vs. hospital birth.
At first I was very reluctant to consider home birth, because I thought it wasn't as safe... now after reading some data that stated the contrary, I can see that we have a difficult decision to make.
I guess my concern is that hospitals are a big business, and aren't always looking out for the patient as well as they could. They tend to treat giving birth like an emergency procedure, to reduce expenses, and to cover thier butts in case of a lawsuit... which puts the experience of your birth at the mercy of their demands.
Anyone have opinions on this one?
At first I was very reluctant to consider home birth, because I thought it wasn't as safe... now after reading some data that stated the contrary, I can see that we have a difficult decision to make.
I guess my concern is that hospitals are a big business, and aren't always looking out for the patient as well as they could. They tend to treat giving birth like an emergency procedure, to reduce expenses, and to cover thier butts in case of a lawsuit... which puts the experience of your birth at the mercy of their demands.
Anyone have opinions on this one?