HAHAHA at good care. I too feel VERY jealous of women who get out of hospital unscathed and feel inadequate - very inadequate - whenever I hear ANY birth story. Even if it all went wrong, in other stories I can see how it is not the mother's fault it went wrong, in mine I just blame myself. Western medicine is good for many thing, but birthing ain't one of those things!

Freebirth is alone. Assisted birth is not alone, no midwife. "Homebirth" as it is known medically is at home with a midwife who wants you in a hospital because then they can rest more and nip out for lunch/coffee (as my midwife did when I was pushing). Hospital birth is drugs and surgery, or giving birth too fast to avoid it.