I would freebirth if i could not homebirth. More likely i would invite a friend who happened to be a midwife (with their agreement of course!) over to assist and if anything went wrong i would call an ambulance and have her out of sight when it arrived. Trust is not an issue for me. If i trust someone with my child's life, pretty obviously i trust them to do their best not to get us both fined $30000.

Midwives in the US face this dilemma every day and still homebirths are done, and attended, whether it is legal or not. Eventually politicians will realise that you cannot effectively enforce laws governing birth any more than you can make it illegal for it to rain.

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