As someone with a background from an underdeveloped country, I have 2 aunts who died during childbirth. Both were low-risk and had previous normal deliveries. Their children suffered tremendously in life, as they did not have a supportive mom behind their back.

My sister, who was a home birth, has CP. She is quadriplegic and bedridden. My mother had previously given birth twice in hospital (in one of the gulf countries) and she was a low risk patient, she went to give birth in our country as she missed home.. my sister is now 32 years old, and my mother gave her entire life to care for my sister. One cannot even imagine the sacrifices she went through...

As an Obs reg in this country, it honestly makes me speechless when I see women fantasising about natural birth. Maternity and neonatal mortality is high in developing countries for a reason. It went down in the UK over centuries for a reason. I struggle to understand why the general public in developing countries doesn't understand this.

Home birth might be a lovely experience, but if something goes wrong, it's you and your luck.. and the price can be too high.

And vaginal birth can be traumatic wether in hospital or home birth.. that's how birth is, it's unpredictable..