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"Problem:
It seems unlikely that any process which treats childbirth as a sickness could possibly be a healthy part of a healthy society.
Solution:
Build local birth places where women go to have their children: places that are specially tailored to #childbirth as a natural, eventful moment - where the entire family comes for prenatal care and education; where fathers and midwives help during the hours of labor and birth." C. Alexander, A Pattern Language #patternlanguage #christopheralexander
Problem is that childbirth can go from everything normal to emergency really fast.
Hospitals have gotten better about childbirth since this was written, but hospitals are still sometimes necessary, and it's hard to predict when.