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Thinking that this should be illegal?

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TyrannasaurusJex · 21/02/2024 12:55

Basically musing over this article - https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/19/call-midwife-freebirthing-nhs-crisis-unmedicated-medical-support
I get nervous when a friend says they want a homebirth anyway, but to choose not to have any kind of trained medical professional or equipment with you when giving birth is, I think, tantamount to child neglect. Yes women can do what they want with their bodies but putting an innocent baby's life at serious risk because you've been sucked into the 'freebirth' movement? Despicable.

Call the midwife! No matter how bad you’ve heard care can be, ‘freebirthing’ is not the answer | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Giving birth at home without medical support is simply dangerous, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/19/call-midwife-freebirthing-nhs-crisis-unmedicated-medical-support

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MyGooseisTotallyLoose · 21/02/2024 13:17

notknowledgeable · 21/02/2024 13:13

margarine. Kills more people than home child births

How long have you been waiting to use that?

DistingusedSocialCommentator · 21/02/2024 13:16

notknowledgeable · 21/02/2024 13:13

margarine. Kills more people than home child births

OK, but why put at risk a baby's life just because someone wants it like that when there is a much safer method a few miles away

In poor countries people pray to have a baby in a hospital as often only the well-off can afford that - why do you think that is?

notknowledgeable · 21/02/2024 13:13

margarine. Kills more people than home child births

BounceHighBaby · 21/02/2024 13:10

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Topofthemountain · 21/02/2024 13:08

I don't think it should be made illegal purely because women who find themselves in a situation of giving birth alone could end up being prosecuted.

I think to do it knowingly (often following from little or no antenatal care) is foolish. Every culture since time began have had birth attendants, yet 21st century western women think they know better.

splatmouse · 21/02/2024 13:02

People are free to make their own choices so I don't get judgy about what other people do. I wouldn't do it myself though. And that was before I had my second child who would have died had he not been born in a hospital.