And another inquiry, into 26 potentially avoidable caesarean section births, is also under way.
It is important to be assessed as being fit for a home birth – any medical conditions such as bleeding disorders, heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy as well as any previous complications in a pregnancy such as a caesarean section, high blood pressure or haemorrhage may result in being recommended to opt for a planned birth at an obstetric unit.
Only last month, this paper ran a front-page story with the headline quoting the World Health Organisation: "Caesarean sections should only be done out of medical necessity".
It included the tutting figure that the percentage of births in this country by caesarean section has increased since 1990 from 12% to 25%.
"More research," the WHO said, "on the impact of caesarean sections on women's psychological and social wellbeing is still needed".
The anaesthetist who interrupted a twin caesarean section to make sure the surgeon told the parents which baby was which, so they could name them the way they had planned to.
In Berlin this month Ruth Zaslansky, of the Jena Medical Centre in Germany, will present the results of the study and actions taken.One finding is that Rwandan women undergoing Caesarean sections get worse therapy than those in any other rich or poor country.
A safe, orally administered anaesthetic, it can be used outside hospitals, even for caesarean sections and amputations.
Every Caesarean section and cancer treatment is an attempt to interfere with the natural course of events for the benefit of the patient.
This for-profit outfit offers normal deliveries attended by private doctors for just $40 in its general ward, and Caesarean sections for about $140 as little as one-fifth of the price at the big private hospitals.
Studies have found that "defensive medicine", of the sort Dr Dickman describes, more than doubles the costs that malpractice suits impose on health care, and sometimes prompts doctors to hack patients around more than is healthy.For example, few clinicians think that babies get cerebral palsy because the obstetrician failed to deliver them by caesarean section.
