Bad news has decibels.

There is a lot of buzz when a homebirth goes awry. No one should relish in the misfortune of another. Bad things happen in birth sometimes. No matter what the location. Yet there does seem to be some piling on when a homebirth is involved. Below are a couple of links to stories or blogs in the aftermath of a midwife who pled guilty to two felonies in a home breech delivery case in Maryland. I added my thoughts to the comments section on both of them. Dr. F


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/midwife-karen-carr-pleads-guilty-felonies-babys-death/story?id=13583237

http://blogs.babble.com/being-pregnant/2011/05/12/take-back-the-night-mentality-not-so-much/