Slyder, I agree completely.

I've had three homebirths with my DW. We've been judged - a lot - for that choice. We couldn't even tell my MIL what we were planning for our first baby! We've been called all sorts of things for making the choice that we made. But I don't come onto a forum and expect anyone else to pat me on the back for that choice; nor do I expect anyone else to modify their opinion, or refrain from posting, if they disagree. In fact, I welcome it - I enjoy debating the pros and cons of homebirth. To put things in perspective, I am a homebirthing, elective-non-vaccination father who happens to work in a very conservative country hospital with two very conservative paediatricians! But I am happy with my choices - I own them, whether they lead to positive outcomes or negative outcomes - and as you so eloquently point out, there is just no point trying to measure them against someone else's experiences.

Bravo, sir.