Monday, July 05, 2010

WORST IDEA 7/510: Giving birth at home

A new study shows that home births are significantly more dangerous than deliveries which take place in a hospital. Did we really need a study for this one? We needed to surveys and science to determine that it's safer to have a baby surrounded by high-tech medical equipment than it is at home? Hospitals have doctors, machinery and every possible medicine. Houses have towels, boiling water and maybe some Advil. Perhaps the next study will determine that it's safer to have a doctor coduct your brain surgery than one of your friends.

Study: Home births more dangerous | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

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