Why choose home birth?
A hospital is a facility where sick or injured people go to receive medical treatment. Because birth is a normal, natural event, there is no need for women with healthy pregnancies carrying healthy babies to seek medical care. Many women simply feel more comfortable at home, away from the beeping machines, tethered to monitors, and undergoing mandatory medical interventions that interfere with the natural process. They welcome the opportunity to make their own decisions, wear their own clothes, eat and drink as they desire, and be surrounded by their loving families. They also do not want to expose themselves and their babies to the germs and “super bugs” that are so prevalent in hospitals. Sometimes pregnant women or the babies they are carrying are not healthy and it is a wise choice for them to delivery their babies in the hospital. However, birthing at home with trained midwives is a reasonable and satisying choice for most women.
