I have two home-birthing-gone-wrong stories this morning. Amy P sent me a story of a midwife who asked her Facebook friends for help DURING a birth. And a terrible story of a mother’s regret about homebirthing.

I had a horrific birthing story with my oldest. And it was in a hospital. If I was homebirthing him, we would both be dead.

I had no clue that I was going to face those difficulties. I come from hardy immigrant stock. The type who squatted in the field, popped out their fifteenth kid, and carried on with the day’s business. I didn’t even read the C-Section chapters of the birthing books. Be careful, people. Birthing is dangerous business.

Homebirthing is regulated in a number of states. In many states, midwives have to work within a couple of miles of a hospital. Hmmm. Maybe I should do a public policy piece on midwifery. My aunt is the former president of the American Midwife Association.