Alarm over ‘freebirthing’ trend during pandemic
Women say they fear contracting COVID-19 in hospital and having to give birth alone, reveals report
An “alarming” number of women considered freebirthing at the height of COVID-19, and over one quarter wanted to ditch plans for a hospital birth in response to pandemic worries.
Fear of contracting the virus in hospital was the main reason pregnant women wanted to change their birth plans, a survey of 2750 Australian women shows.
