Rachel Reed

“woman who comes into the hospital pushing is praised for doing a great job of labouring alone, without the attendance of a professional care provider or any monitoring. On the other hand, a woman who chooses to homebirth intentionally is often considered to be doing something unsafe despite the attendance and monitoring of a homebirth midwife.”
― Rachel Reed, Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving ancient wisdom with modern knowledge