I have never had a home birth, let alone been pregnant ... but this womans article just makes my blood boil!! I mean sure she had a traumatic experience, and (thanks to belly belly) i can say that it was probaby due to the cascade of intervention she recieved; however ... its not her place to push her feelings on homebirth onto everyone else. She is using the same scare tactics some stupid OBs use to get women to be induced that end up being the traumatic births we hear about ... just like hers!!

It makes me mad because although i personally don't think i will have a homebirth, i will fully support any woman who choses to! They shouldn't be banning it and driving it underground, the government should be nurturing it and studying it, bringing updated and current information to the hundreds of thousands of birthing women in Australia!

Its a woman's choice and her perogative ... don't push your beliefs onto someone else, haven't we learnt that from history? Its our right as humans to believe in what we want, and to birth how we want.