NHS is to encourage home births

The abuse of attachment theory has been taken to a whole different  level with the recent proposal that many mothers will not bond with their children if they do not have a natural birth.

"These are just some of the stories women were sharing in online forums yesterday, following the announcement that the NHS is to encourage hundreds of thousands more women to give birth at home, without a doctor present."

First-time mothers are to be told they are just as safe having their baby in a small midwife-led unit as on a labour ward. Most of those having their second child will be told under draft new NHS guidelines that giving birth at home is as safe as hospital.

The encouragement for home births marks a major change in NHS guidance, which previously warned mothers to be cautious about having a baby at home.  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2627677/How-NHS-push-home-births-spark-war-mothers.html 

The reason that mothers were encouraged to have hospital births was because the birthing process is unpredictable and in hospitals all facilities are on hand, just in case.

Unlike other early intervention proposals, this one is brazenly obvious. It is about cutting costs and has nothing to do with the wellbeing of mothers and babies.