Aimee Wright and her husband Scott, who live in Lake Mary, Florida, planned to have a home birth seven years ago. Wright was 33 and had a lot of friends who had given birth at home successfully. She saw no reason for a healthy pregnant woman to birth in the hospital. “In my mind, hospitals are where people go when they’re sick or dying,” Wright said. “I don’t think pregnancy and childbirth require that.” But Wright didn’t go into labor until two weeks after her due date. Then, after 24 hours of laboring at home, she felt like she was hitting a wall. At first, her husband encouraged her to stay home, but Wright intuitively felt as though her labor wasn’t progressing. They went to the hospital, where Wright labored for another 12 hours. She was initially able to rest after being administered some pain medicine through an IV, but …