The home birth dilemma: Idealistic? Or good sense? - Daily Mail 2nd October 2007

Surrounded by familiarity, cleanliness and comfort - and free from the worry of superbugs, staff shortages and lack of beds. On the face of it, there is much to recommend home births. Indeed, every year around 16,000 women are seduced by the idea and choose to deliver their babies at home - among them the singer Charlotte Church, whose daughter Ruby Megan was born at home last month.

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