Data from the National Statistics show that an increased number of women are going in for delivering their babies at home in UK.



Figures that read 14,204 homebirths in 2003 have shot up by 7% to reach 15,198 in 2004.



In light of the current trend Miranda Dodwell, of BirthChoiceUK has put forward the need of having good home birth services at all the NHS trusts. Apart from this she also registered the need of educating women with necessary information and support so that they can use the service in the best possible manner.



The system of “postcode lottery” on where and how the mothers gave birth is required to be called off for it is a doctor who is in a better position to tell if a mother is in a need of

Hospital care such as epidural pain relief or an Caesarean section.



Via: BBC