Activism: Home Births

BY Jennifer Edse

Economics may be why some women choose to give birth at home; an out-of-hospital birth usually costs about one third of a hospital birth, says Angelita Nixon, a Certified Nurse Midwife in West Virginia, who also practices in Ohio. However, financial reasons aren’t the only ones motivating women to choose home births...

For the rest of this article, be sure to check out the Winter '09 issue of Southeast Ohio magazine!