The most recent U.K. data for
planned place of birth shows no significant differences in negative outcomes between births at home, at birth centers, and obstetric units for mothers who have already had children.
Whether it is the personal assistant
of a famous TV and radio political talk
show host (who was fired on her first day back from maternity leave), the Pennsylvania bank employee fired because her employer believed (incorrectly) that she was not
planning to return to work after giving
birth, or the Georgia warehouse worker fired after her doctor gave her a note restricting her from lifting heavy loads, these stories
of women facing harm to their employment situations due to their pregnancies take
place too often.