Why Choose Homebirth? PDF Print E-mail
  • Allows labor and birth freedom
  • Allows parents to choose whomever they’d like to attend their birth
  • Provides woman-centered care during pregnancy, labor, and birth
  • Promotes family bonding
  • Allows mother and infant bonding
  • Reduces interference with bonding and breastfeeding from hospital policies
  • Allows the mother to be more comfortable
  • Allows the baby to be more comfortable
  • Reduces risk of infection
  • Reduces maternal morbidity rates from complications and interventions
  • Prevents unnecessary medical intervention
  • Reduces risks from errors in hospitals
  • Promotes a less painful labor
  • Produces emotional well-being
  • Reduces risks from poor staffing levels in hospitals
  • Reduces risks of tampering with baby
  • Provides less disruption and stress for the entire family
  • Provides affirmation that birth is a normal yet profound life event
  • Provides as much as or more safety than a hospital
Last Updated ( Sunday, 04 November 2007 )