This could be because of how birth is handled in the hospitals in this country, including numbing medications and routine separation of mother and baby. At home, your midwife remains with you throughout labor and delivery. Your own germs are in your own home. Your baby could be switched with another baby or snatched by a stranger. No fear of this at home.
Cesarean section carries a greater risk of death than do vaginal deliveries.
A study in Georgia, cited by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner, showed a maternal death rate of 59.3 per 100,000 women who had a cesarean section compared to 9.7 per 100,000 for women who delivered vaginally. Other complications of cesarean include infection, infertility problems, organ damage, postpartum depression, pain, and paralysis from anesthesia. For certain women in rare circumstances, obstetric care is essential. However, for most women, better, healthier results are seen when mothers choose to birth at home. If you are a woman with no health problems or contraindications to safe labor and delivery, consider birthing at home.