While I don't put much stock in
home birth horror stories as evidence that home birth is less safe than hospital (because I don't know how they compare to the number of hospital horror stories), I put even LESS stock in «I would have died if I hadn't been in the hospital» stories.
And I would bet that the hospital horror stories are more to do with the womens «feelings» about her birth experience rather than the actual damaged / dead babies from
the home birth horror stories.
Seriously, how many
home birth horror stories include that line?
That would be a good suggestion — if other hb mothers and hb advocates didn't immediately say, «Don't listen to
those home birth horror stories!»
Now, Dr. Phil is seeking out guests to share
home birth horror stories.
Not exact matches
Instead, I (mostly) heard
horror stories of traumatic
births, shared in painful detail, all meant to try to persuade me into having a
home birth instead of a delivering in a hospital with doctors, nurses, and access to pain medication.
But it's about as safe as
home birth can be, and certainly the vast majority of the
horror stories we read here wouldn't happen under their care.
I didn't tell anyone last time because a lot of people are against
home birth and tell you
horror stories.