When they created forks to eat with. The smart people in the world started using them right away !
Now - if the hospitals in the area were lousy, or if there were some other extenuating circumstances - well, other options are there.
But, all things considered, why would you *not* want the benefits of an experienced staff, and full hospital, on call just on the fairly sizeable chance that something could go wrong?
...and some of those early utensils were made out of lead.
No, I'm not a Luddite, and would certainly recommend anybody having any medical procedure to do it in a controlled medical environment (as much as possible). Having said that, with increasingly socialized medicine, there will (soon) come a time when doctors are not acting in the patient's best interest and hospitals are not the most sanitary of places. Just sayin'....
“When they created forks to eat with. The smart people in the world started using them right away !”
I’m withholding judgement until they say why she died.
This is anecdotal. It’s a single data point in something that has been studied for years. The simple fact is you are at no more risk at home than at a hospital . . . if you are young, have no complications and have an attending physician as well as a midwife (see “Perinatal mortality and morbidity in a nationwide cohort of 529,688 low-risk planned home and hospital births”. BJOG.)
This lady was 36. Was she seen by a physician? Was this something that would have been identified as an issue had she been seen by one? We don’t know. To jump to the conclusion that this is a bad choice for everyone is reckless generalization.
We had one born at home, and not by choice. It was by far the easiest birthing process. As soon as the hospital got involved I had to read every little thing the nurses did (and yes, they constantly tried to give my wife medications she was allergic to which would have caused her serious harm).
Oh, and my roommate in college was from Korea. He used chopsticks. He was smarter than most folks I know.
I digress, but why do all people one sees on TV or in movies eating chinese food use chopsticks?
Is it to look cool or cute... oh, look I’ve mastered these two stick things.
We have forks, people. Use them.
Yeah, but most people still don’t know how to properly use a fork (Brits, Europeans).