Celebrity / Famous Homebirths

Celebrities who have either had a homebirth or were born at home.

Pamela Anderson
Patricia Arquette
Erykah Badu
Mihai Bagiu's Wife Kris (Who is also a Midwife!)
Princess Märtha Louise Behn of Norway
Maria Bello
Mayim Bialik
Maike Boerdam-Strobel
Lisa Bonet
Asia Carrera (Unassisted!)
Charlotte Church
Cindy Crawford
Laura Dern
Ani DiFranco
Joely Fisher
Nelly Furtado
Jim Gaffigan's Wife
Bear Grylls' Wife Shara
Melora Hardin
Val Kilmer's Wife Joanne
Carol King
Stephen King's Wife Tabitha
Ricki Lake
AJ Langer
Lucy Lawless
John Leguizamo's Wife
Juliette Lewis was born at home, unassisted!
Kenny Loggins' Wife
Josie Maran
Dave Matthews' Wife Ashley
Davina McCall
John C. McGinley's Wife Nichole
Demi Moore
Julianne Moore
Thandie Newton
Stephen Nichols' Wife Lisa
River, Joaquin Phoenix and Siblings all born at home
Paulina Porsicova
Kelly Preston
Ingo Rademacher's Wife Ehiku
Nicky Slater's Wife Christiane
Meryl Streep

UC Article

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL2148514320070522

"Does a mother not owe a duty of care to her baby? Should a mother not take reasonable care to protect the baby when she gives birth? And if she does not take reasonable care -- and the standard should be objective not subjective -- why should a baby who has sustained avoidable brain damage due to the mother's negligence not take action against his mother?"

When I read this part, I thought to myself... what if I replaced mother with doctor. Then it would say...

Does a doctor not owe a duty of care to a baby? Should a doctor not take reasonable care to protect the baby when delivering? And if s/he does not take reasonable care -- and the standard should be objective not subjective -- why should a baby who has sustained avoidable brain damage due to the doctor's negligence not take action against his doctor?


IMHO, if people are able to sue their parents over how their births went wrong, then people certainly SHOULD be able to sue the medical industry when they jump in to intervene too quickly and things go wrong as well.

my response:

Overall good article. and i highly disagree with that doc who said childbirth is the most dangerous thing a woman would do in her life (or something to that affect). What about all the women who go sky diving and such..surely that is much more dangerous than giving birth. Heck, i'd even say that driving a car could be more dangerous than giving birth.

I also think women who do this are a bit more in tune with their bodies, because they aren't relying on someone else.

And yes, i will still freebirth despite what people say.