How about a homebirth then?
So, I am a student. Any work that I do is covered by my university’s insurance, and I have to work under their direction and in their scope of comfort. As such, I am not allowed to do anything remotely involved with a homebirth. Short of swearing on a stack of constitutions (as I don’t do bibles) the university has just had to trust students not to do this.
I have worked hard to get here, and I want to stay here (being a metaphorical reference to "enrolled to get my qualification" rather than "dressed up but sitting at my desk as I have nothing interesting to do today") so after being all righteous about the subject earlier this year, I have since come to the conclusion that I don’t want to risk my studies by taking a stance about something like this. I do undertstand the politics of homebirth here. I do understand that some at the university support mid students every step of the way, but there truly is only so far that they can go. I do understand that independent midwives do not work with any kind of insurance, and if I as a student am caught up in a legal case with a wiff of liability then the university may get dragged into it.
But that doesn’t stop me being passionate about homebirthing.
