out of hospital birth

In a less well-known but no less controversial effort to find "common ground" a Home Birth Consensus summit seeks to bridge a divide between those who support and those who oppose expanded access to homebirth.

Birth is not only about bringing a child into this world, it's also about bringing a mother into the world. While the safe and healthy birth of the baby should be a concern, becoming a mother is also transformative and monumental.

Home births rise in the United States deflating the current myth that women chose out-of-hospital birth for "frivolous, selfish, or trendy reasons."

Mississippi advocates defeated a bill to criminalize certified professional midwives and are working to expand access to pregnancy and childbirth care.