TBH i had people ask me when planning a homebirth what i had against "doing it the traditional way" - i.e. in a hospital apparently (guess which "tradition" has been going longest ). And in response to my actual birth i get everything from snapped "aren't you smug then!"or shocked "weren't you scared one of you would DIE!?" to being treated like the Madonna herself.

For every person you come across who is crazy in one way you'll find someone who is crazy in another. "Natural" is so vague too. I mean don't ALL mothers want to have their baby healthy and safe? Isn't it pretty natural to have a cs when one is needed then? Don't ALL mothers want what's best for their child? Isn't it fairly natural to go with what you're told by the person who is supposed to know what they're talking about then, even if it later turns out to be bad advice from a shoddy doctor or midwife? Women NATURALLY want to do the right thing by their child, and sometimes that desire is going to mean a csection happened.

Bx