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I'm a new parent, and had my little girl in a homebirth one month ago with a wonderful midwife, and never felt at any time that my safety or the baby's safety was in jeopardy. The care offered to me was excellent, and I feel that having the same practitioner care for you during the pregnancy and birth was a huge advantage over a hospital birth, where there are doctors and nurses you may have never met before.

There is no reason that women should lose the right to have a midwife in her birth, and they are more than capable of caring for a woman with a VBAC or with twins. 

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