Big push for home births: Too many babies are being born in hospital, say doctors
- Maternity wards are 'not necessarily the safer option'
- Third of women should give birth without seeing a doctor, say medical experts
Last updated at 3:48 AM on 15th July 2011
Women should no longer assume they will give birth in hospital with a doctor on hand.
In a watershed moment, leading medical experts declared that mothers should be given more opportunity to have babies at home because a maternity ward is not necessarily the 'safer option'.
A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists suggests that as many as a third of all women should give birth 'without a doctor going anywhere near them'.
House call: Medical experts are urging more women to give birth at home
