One Meal at a Time

I love this part of the quote from my Restaurant Wars and Birth Wars post.

At home, you or the person doing the cooking is most likely preparing only one meal at a time.

That is the huge difference between hospital and home birth.

At home, you are the only one birthing.  You are getting individualized care.

At the hospital, there are many women birthing and you are getting institutionalized care.

I think moms should birth where THEY want to.  But they do need to be aware, if they choose to birth in the hospital, no matter how they prepare and what birth plan they write up, it is an institution and they are limited to that type of care.