As home births rise, pediatricians group sets new guidelines
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 01:30
in Health & Medicine
Back in 2001, when Jennifer Margulis decided to give birth to her second baby in the comfort of her own home, most doctors were stridently opposed to any deliveries outside the hospital. They’d wag their fingers and lecture women on the dangers of home birth, often implying that anyone who refused to give birth in a hospital was a bad mother.But that stance seems to have softened – at least a litt...