The Benefits of Giving Birth at Home
Chazal say that childbirth is one of three keys that Hashem retains and does not give control of to an intermediary. Childbirth is an amazing, primal process over which we have little control. Science still doesn’t completely understand many of the hormonal mechanisms of labor. The fact that a woman gets pregnant, carries her baby to full term, gives birth safely to a healthy baby, and experiences an uncomplicated postpartum period can only be considered a miracle.
