This Catagory on my blog, “The Do It Yourself Homebirth Debate” is a collection of news stories, with much commentary from me on the subject of Husband/Wife Homebirth. Some of our medical and midwife opponents have used some very derogatory language to diss the Freebirth Movement in a variety of chat rooms, online news sites, and blogs. Recently I watched the new Movie, The Great Debaters and a play on a quote from the movie comes to mind when thinking of the critics of the Unassisted Childbirth movement.
“My opponent is a mere dissenting voice of the truth I speak, and to me, he does not exist!”
The actual quote from the movie: “Who is the judge? The judge is God… Why is He God? Because He decides who wins or loses, not my opponent … Who is your opponent? He does not exist…. Why doesn’t he exist? Because he is a mere dissenting voice of the truth I speak.”
What follows in this catagory are many blog entries documenting the current on line debate swirling around the Unassisted Childbirth movement on the internet. My prayer is that with Rikki Lakes New Documentary, The Business of Being Born, and increased televison coverage around UC Birth, the debate will jump from the internet to the public airwaves and our society will take the time to have a healthy discussion about what is best for mothers and the babes they are birthing.
Jenny Hatch

Jenny Hatch three weeks after giving birth to my fourth child Andrew in september of 1996. He was eleven pounds at birth and came into the world after I took on the challenge to do my own prenatal care and give birth alone at home.

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