Comments on: Plans to Close North Shore Birth Center Temporarily Postponed http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/11/plans-to-close-north-shore-birth-center-temporarily-postponed Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: pixie http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/11/plans-to-close-north-shore-birth-center-temporarily-postponed/comment-page-1#comment-774 pixie Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:43:08 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=2215#comment-774 What a wonderful, encouraging small victory. The "home-like" birth centers in my area have all already closed their doors, so by the time my second baby came, I had the choice of a hospital (all of which have alarmingly high c-section and intervention rates) or a homebirth. I always thought homebirth wasn't for me, so I longed for something in between. The choice to have choices during labor won out, and I opted for a homebirth (and would do it again in a minute if I weren't done having babies LOL), but I still regret the limited options. One small victory at a time, and women's healthcare advocates can eventually win this war. What a wonderful, encouraging small victory. The “home-like” birth centers in my area have all already closed their doors, so by the time my second baby came, I had the choice of a hospital (all of which have alarmingly high c-section and intervention rates) or a homebirth. I always thought homebirth wasn’t for me, so I longed for something in between. The choice to have choices during labor won out, and I opted for a homebirth (and would do it again in a minute if I weren’t done having babies LOL), but I still regret the limited options.

One small victory at a time, and women’s healthcare advocates can eventually win this war.

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