American women ripped off in childbirth

Why is it that in Great Britian, women receive one on one care if they have an epidural due to its dangers, but in the U.S. women are monitored remotely by an RN overseeing a few to several women at once?

There's an interesting piece, a diary excerpt, written by a newly qualified British midwife at the Daily Mail Online, which states (in Shift 8):

"Women with an epidural require one-to-one support from a midwife, because they are more at risk of their blood pressure falling, fainting or of having a reaction to the drugs.

The baby can also react to the drugs so its heart needs to be continuously monitored. "

But American women aren't told that their baby's reflexes will be dulled, and all the risks they put themselves and their babies in when they accept that epidural. (See Medical Risks of Epidural.)

So, if you're a practitioner or nurse who is familiar with hospital birth who thinks home birth is like what you witness, please stop projecting the dangers you see in hospital onto home birth! It's not the same. No epidural, no pitocin, no artificial rupture of membranes, all those things, and more, avoided at home means a lot more safety at home.