I wouldn't go to hospital to birth even if they could guarantee me a natural experience for the same reason i don't go there for lunch even though they serve decent enough food. I have my own kitchen here, i don't need to go to hospital to eat, likewise i feel i have all i need to give birth at home and that for me hospital would be a hassle and a compromise, which unless i had to make it for medical reasons, i wouldn't be happy with.

I really don't see birth as an inherently medical situation, to me it is like eating, pooping, sex - yes, ok, on a grander scale, but not of a DIFFERENT nature. I wouldn't go to hospital for a really big meal/poo/orgasm. I'm not ill, why go to somewhere set up to deal with illness and pathology? Birth is just something i prefer to do at home, in close company, on my own terms.

I accept i might need to go to hospital, but i would never plan my birth around the possibility of something going wrong. That's like getting an annual script for anti-B's in case you have a cold every spring, or getting fitted for your casts every year in case you break a limb in the next 12 months. To me it makes no sense unless you have strong reasons to believe there will be a problem (i.e. a previous problem which wasn't caused by poor care and is likely to reccur).

So no, there's nothing about hospital that i find attracting barring medical emergency.

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