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Rounding up your first statistic slightly, that's a difference of two severe incidents per thousand births. That's a reasonably big risk factor in absolute term
by ThrustVectoring 10y ago
Rounding up your first statistic slightly, that's a difference of two severe incidents per thousand births. That's a reasonably big risk factor in absolute terms, but small enough that it's not unreasonable to take in order to get other things that you care about.
Like, these are "am I willing to make this tradeoff" numbers similar to choosing to drive to work daily, rather than "fuck no, go to the hospital" numbers.
- ygjb-dupe 10y agoMidwives don't sell themselves on the increases risks, they talk about the (largely) cosmetic benefits of home birth. Look up earlier in the thread for my comment, but anecdotally, almost every parent that I have told my story to has changed their opinion on home birth vs. hospital birth.