For a full listing of columns, go here . You are delivering a baby at home, which in itself is hazardous. So in the least capable environment to have backup safety factors, you are using the least capably trained individuals to do that.
Home delivery is actually child abuse.
John J. Barton, chairman emeritus of the Illinois chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. Oh my goodness, Dr. Barton is right. The birth that he understands and knows, if it happened at home, would be terrible child abuse indeed. It would be unspeakable abuse to have babies be born by cesarean at home, and no one to empty out their airways of birth fluids so they are able to breathe. In my job, I am kind of a clearinghouse for the pain of birth.