Is Homebirth Safe?
The following will provide you with a good start to an understanding of the safety of home birth. I am also happy to discuss this matter with you directly, should you have questions or concerns. You can also view our suggested readings here if you desire to gather additional information.
Educate Yourself
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth
By Henci Goer and Rhonda Wheeler
Hey! Who’s Having This Baby Anyway?
By: Breck Hawk
Birth as an American Rite of Passage
By: Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Birth Your Way
By: Sheila Kitzinger
Birth Crisis
By: Sheila Kitzinger
A Good Birth, A Safe Birth
By: Diana Korte
Ina May Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth
By: Ina May Gaskin
Immaculate Deception II
By: Suzanne Arms
Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be
Fixed to Put Women and Children First
By: Marsden Wagner
Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities
By: Henci Goer
Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
By: Nancy Wainer Cohen
Confessions of a Medical Heretic
By: Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD
The Business of Being Born
By: Ricki Lake (DVD)
Malepractice – How Doctors Manipulate Women
By: Robert S. Mendelsohn, MD
