Home birth

From RationalWiki

A home birth refers to when a woman consciously chooses to give birth in her own home (usually under the supervision of a midwife), as opposed to in a hospital, clinic, birthing center, or other medical setting.

Although home birth may certainly be part of a full spectrum of women's healthcare options, much of its popularity outside of developing nations can probably be attributed to the fear spread by some proponents of natural childbirth, who characterize hospital birth as an impersonal or even traumatic experience.

Anyone feeling intrepid enough to watch Ricki Lake giving birth in a bathtub might be interested in The Business of Being Born, a pro-home birth documentary, which received limited release in early 2008.^[1]