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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by rabboRubble on Saturday January 20, 2018 @01:31AM (#16192350)
> the baby does not arrive brain damaged.

Or the woman dies.

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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by dsnuh on Saturday January 20, 2018 @02:12AM (#16192451)
Or both....

Seriously though, listen to the advice of giving birth in a hospital setting. If they have a midwife center then take advantage of it, but I would highly caution against the trend of birth clinics and home birth unless you live very close to an emergency room. Things can wrong in an instant.

Source: Experience. First born was in NICU for 12 days and mother had bad complications. We had to be rushed in an ambulance from a natural birth center when things went south.

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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by jpster on Saturday January 20, 2018 @02:52AM (#16192537)
And yet 30% of Dutch women choose to give birth at home and it seems to work out. https://www.expatica.com/nl/healthcare/Why-the-Dutch-cherish...
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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by roel_v on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:28AM (#16192740)
Actually Dutch child mortality (birth mortality?) is high compared to surrounding countries, in part because of home birthing (the occurrence of which is trending downwards, btw)

https://www.google.nl/amp/s/www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/typ...

Can't find english source easily - tl dr 13% of births are at home vs 23% 10 years ago.

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