From the article: Five Reasons to Choose a Midwife for Your Pregnancy Care
A midwife is a professional who cares for low risk women in their pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum. It can be a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), Certified Midwife (CM) or a lay or direct entry midwife. Was it that you wanted a home birth? Was it that you wanted a lower intervention birth? Perhaps you had limited options in your area. What was the process like and why did you choose a midwife? Share Your Thoughts
6 hands are better than 4
- I chose to have a midwife attend to my third birth at home after having an unassisted birth with my second. It was comforting to know that I didn't have to be on top of everything and it was a relief to my husband. I love my midwife and she will be attending my fourth baby's birth.
- —Guest earthy mama
More Relaxed
- I did not want to be have to follow a hospitals time schedule for a first birth, I did not want to be pressured by anyone while in labor, and I didn't want any interventions before or after the birth unless medically necessary. (I believe in delayed cord clamping.) We made the right decision- even at age 36 with the first birth. I was so relaxed in the comfort of my home, and had freedom to move, eat, drink and nap. The better relaxed the easier the birth. Blessings to midwives!
- —Guest The A. Family
Love midwives
- We chose midwives for my first two babies. I loved them because they were extremely knowledgeable and took the time to give me what I wanted during the birth process. The first birth took place in a hospital, the second at a birth center, and for this third (and final) pregnancy we will attempt at home with a nurse midwife.
- —Guest sunrae
ME TOO
- I am on baby 5 as well and my stomach looks huge OMG and its only the beginning.
- —Guest chezney
Look at the numbers!
- Midwives save health care dollars, have less c secs, reduce infant mortality. In every measure of care a midwife will win out over a OB physician.
- —Guest DebbyIBCLC
Certified Nurse Midwife for us!
- We chose a midwife because of the time she took to explain things. We actually switched to our CNM about half way through our first pregnancy. She had hospital privileges and you had way more options, from water birth to epidural, where as the OB only offered an epidural. It was great for our family and we really enjoyed getting to know her. It was like having a friend at the birth rather than someone who walked in at the last minute.
- —Guest Lea Mom of 1+
Dads love midwives too!
- We had our first baby in a hospital with an OB. We had technically perfect care but the human element was missing. We talked about, though I was not an advocate at first, and choose midwifery care for our next baby. It was a world of difference. I highly recommend midwives! Not only was it a calmer event but also amazingly technically safe with all the "equipment" you'd think about brought to us. So cool! The best of both worlds!
- —BabyDad
