Hey, giving birth the natural way 100 years ago meant a very high mortality rate for both mother and child. But it was the “natural” thing to do.
Some parents to be are still choosing natural child birth and sometimes the results are tragic.
I have 10 nieces and nephews who were born naturally with no doctors present. Everything went well. Mother, baby, and father were able to sleep in their own beds without a bunch of nurses trying to force this thing and that thing on the parents.
Natural childbirth is way safer than it was years ago. Being more sanitary in the procedure, and knowing a lot of the risks to the mother and fetus before delivery happens has a lot to do with it.