This is exactly what happened with our daughter. She had severe MAS at birth and was not breathing. It took a team of 4 working on her non-stop to keep her aliv

This is exactly what happened with our daughter. She had severe MAS at birth and was not breathing. It took a team of 4 working on her non-stop to keep her alive. After several hours of this they had to medivac her to another hospital that could do ECMO. She promptly went on life support and 11 days later, after her lungs were functional, she was able to come off the ECMO machine. Today she's a happy and super smart 3-year old. I have zero doubt that a home birth would have resulted in either death or severe mental impairment do to oxygen deprivation. I also tell every person I can about my daughter. I understand the desire of home birth, but not availing yourself of available modern emergency medical facilities during child birth is horribly irresponsible. EDIT: And for the record, there was zero prior indication that something was wrong. The first sign was when the water broke and was green.