For those who are interested to know why one would make the home birth choice, here are some links to great information on Home and Water birth. There is lots more out there too!
Homebirth
- GREAT collection of info on safety/benefits of homebirth, infant pain, politics of home vs. hospital birth
- Comparison of Home & Hospital Births w/ a Statistics chart
- Safety Of Homebirth Info
- Top Ten Statistics on home vs. hospital birth. Great! (I would add that as of 1999 every American pres. except Clinton & Carter were born at home!) Also, Links to 74 other citations of homebirth safety too.
- www.home-birth.org has plenty of info on the subject.
- www.home-birth.org comparison chart of philosophy and techniques of homebirth vs. hospital birth
- Comparison of Childbirth Options including hospital, birth center, and home.
- A passionate essay about Hospital treatment of women & newborns
- General info about Pregnancy & Parenting Naturally
- Links to Midwives web sites
Waterbirth
- lots of info at www.well.com
- Why Waterbirth - great site with great pictures in the photo album & stories!
- Good Quotes/Info about how waterbirth benefits mother & baby
- Stories/Comments by women who deliverd in water
- Another Site Dedicated to Waterbabies and Waterbirth - has some good stories!
