With maternity wards understaffed, more women are opting to give birth at home without the help of a midwife or doctor. But how dangerous is this? ✍️ hannahfearn
“I have certainly seen a trend in people openly discussing free birth, particularly in online forums, and especially after the pandemic,” she says. “Midwives reported that in their experience, the women choosing free birth most recently don’t do it as their plan A, but as their plan B if there is no homebirth cover on the day they go into labour.
A similar change of attitude occurred when Emma, from Bristol, gave birth at home in March 2020. She had refused a hospital delivery due to fears about Covid, but was refused a home birth midwife due to staffing shortages. “I didn’t want to be getting in a taxi in labour, and I definitely didn’t want to be doing it during the beginning of Covid.
“I felt very lucky and I think that’s sad,” she says. “I shouldn’t feel lucky that I can make choices. Unless you are super informed you don’t even know about the things you can say no to, and why you might want to say no to them.”
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