More Babies Prefer Home Birth

“He could have died if I’d had a home birth — his cord was around his neck.” You’ve heard that, right? Heard people also say that their baby wasn’t breathing at birth, because the cord was there, or that their baby had medical issues, even anemia or brain damage due to the cord? However, it appears that we shouldn’t be as terrified of this. A cord around baby’s neck is actually very, very common. As in, 1 in 5 babies are born with the cord around their neck, and rarely is it ever a problem. But despite that, many doctors are still doing c-sections or manually yanking the cord over the head, which actually is risky for both us and our babies. Yikes.