I never understood that. It always sounds like it's just a way of tricking dh/dp/whoever into being okay with birthing out of a hospital. I mean, there's 0 difference in regards to equipment, safety, etc., between home and a freestanding birth center. The only difference that I can understand is if the center is closer to a hospital than the individual's home for transfer reasons. I always point out that my giving birth in the center was exactly the same as a homebirth, only it wasn't my home. Am I missing something, or is it normally just purely the fact that it's a place MADE for birthing babies that does the trick?
Of course, that said, if I was planning a center birth regardless and my partner was iffy, I'd totally use that non-existant aura of near hospital-esque safety thing to rope him in. Just because it doesn't exist (to my knowledge) doesn't mean I can't use it. Haha.
Of course, that said, if I was planning a center birth regardless and my partner was iffy, I'd totally use that non-existant aura of near hospital-esque safety thing to rope him in. Just because it doesn't exist (to my knowledge) doesn't mean I can't use it. Haha.