Kate Edgely was amazed to be asked if she would consider a home birth for her second child after having had complications with her first, but she was very glad to have been given the option
Today’s news that women are less likely to suffer complications if they give birth away from doctors and hospitals comes as no surprise to me. When I went into labour with my first child, after a healthy pregnancy, my husband drove us to our local hospital.
Seven hours later, I was told she was stuck, a heavy metal monitoring belt was strapped around my contracting belly and her heartbeat dropped to 60 beats per minute, about half what it should be.
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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1FRgH4D
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