Medicalization Of Natural Birth

The idea of a ‘natural’ birth has however, increasingly become associated with undertones of negativity within the medical model (Prosen: 2013). The domination of the medicalization of birth, has instilled the belief that natural home births are unsafe, simply because they are not within the walls of a hospital (Shaw: 2013). As well, many health professionals claim home births are dangerous and push women into accepting a hospital birth instead (Beech: 2011). Despite the negative connotations toward natural or home births and midwives, midwives in Canada have university degrees, are regulated and trained for emergency situations (Bochove: 2011).

Alternatively, professionals argue medical interventions, such as epidurals and c-sections, are