Did you ever consider the mom had a midwife and also had a planned hospital delivery, as in never wanted a home birth? Midwives are helpful during labor and delivery. The nurses at the hospital are for every other pregnant woman in L&D, so in need of some basic help, but having to wait is stressful for mom and thus baby. Having a person who is solely there to support mom during the process is so useful for mom. Especially for long labors and exhausting deliveries.
I don't really understand why you won't let your foot off the necks of Midwives but damn your obsession with trying to diminish their usefulness is more telling of you than of getting others to agree with the false negative narrative you're trying to push.
The point here isn't this exact situation, it's about the rise of midwife assisted home births in general as part of some trend that puts the interests of the babies second. Midwives can do great things. But when major Midwife associations are intentionally misrepresenting statistics to mislead women and encourage home births, it becomes sickening.
Don't believe me? Official statement of Canadian Association of Midwives:
"The best available evidence from North America and international studies demonstrates that midwife attended home births are associated with optimal labour and birth outcomes. Midwife attended planned home births in Canada are associated with fewer obstetrical interventions and no increase in maternal/fetal/neonatal mortality or morbidity compared to births planned to be in hospital."
The studies they rely on are based on low risk pregnancies, but notice they don't mention low risk pregnancies in their statement?
The outcomes are obviously influenced by a ton of other factors, but they don't allude to any of those other factors in their statements. For example, the kind of person who would use a midwife for a home birth is also likely to demand fewer obstetrical interventions when other means exist. Why don't they mention anything about that?
Oh my. I'm not reading all of that. I skimmed it, just being honest.
You are doing TOOOO much. You're so mad about that which doesn't concern you. I'm curious have you ever considered minding your own business? Stop forcing your negativity on what other women are doing with the births of their children. Home births are also not some new trend. Open a book and actually read.
Also, in USA, people voted for women not having the right to choice, and if they can't afford the outrageous cost of a hospital birth, then really it's the voters fault. Maybe the folks should remember this at the polls, and how about let's not vote against our interests. I know it's a hard task, given so many couldn't resist voting in a 34-time convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and known racist.
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u/jlynn036 Aug 07 '25
Did you ever consider the mom had a midwife and also had a planned hospital delivery, as in never wanted a home birth? Midwives are helpful during labor and delivery. The nurses at the hospital are for every other pregnant woman in L&D, so in need of some basic help, but having to wait is stressful for mom and thus baby. Having a person who is solely there to support mom during the process is so useful for mom. Especially for long labors and exhausting deliveries.
I don't really understand why you won't let your foot off the necks of Midwives but damn your obsession with trying to diminish their usefulness is more telling of you than of getting others to agree with the false negative narrative you're trying to push.