The author discusses different attitudes towards childbirth and different ways of going about it. She describes her own home births and the reasons for her choice. We were spellbound by Laurie Nielsen’s paper “Do Not Try This at Home,” her story of the home births of her two daughters. Laurie shared her unique experiences - and I think we were all on the edge of our seats during this paper, even though we knew Laurie has two beautiful and healthy daughters – but still, this was intense! Laurie also educated us about child-birthing practices around the world and over the centuries. Her paper was eye-opening and enlightening, to say the least.