Unfortunate home birth experience
Janet Fraser, a leading advocate of home birth, lost her baby during childbirth at her home in Australia. Her tragedy stands as a stark reminder that forgoing medical care in childbirth is risky business
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This statement is true when you are counting homebirths attended by a midwife or house-calling GP. I haven't read any statistics about unassisted birth, but it sounds more risky by a large order of magnitude. It seems like a foolhardy thing to do in most circumstances.
I feel bad for the mother, in this story, though. It really is sad and unfortunate. Even so, i totally agree with this statement:
But her decision to forgo medical care entirely -- even after her labor continued for a week -- is tantamount to reckless endangerment of a child.
I considered a homebirth with cameron, but when it became clear that a planned c-section was going to be necessary because he was more or less transverse, it obviously turned into a medicalized event. Claire was a VBAC, but in the hospital.
FWIW, i am of the opinion that if i had been around having cameron in the days before c-sections were an option, that one of both of us would not have survived. I'm thankful for medical interventions and believe that they have their place. Everything in moderation.
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