@ HotI - I see your point, i understand the Foetal monitoring in hospital leads to decisions being made regarding intervention however the relative outcomes of live birth do not seem to be effected by this from what I have found so far in my trawl of the web. The Zurich study recorder 2.3/1000 deaths for both hospital and home and the Birthday Trust found 1/1000 vs 0.8/1000 slightly favouring hospital birth.

@meow Please understand that I recognise that many families have experienced traumatic births and I do not seek to marginalise these people. Quite the opposite, I was speaking more to the delicate emotions of expectant mothers being bombarded from both sides of the spectrum with conflicting information that warns of terrible outcomes or experiences. Im trying to find the moderate voice in this discussion which I recognise is a very delicate one.