Sentences with phrase «assisted by a midwife»

However, because of changing societal ideals, by the beginning of the 20th century, the number of pregnancies assisted by a midwife began to decline dramatically in the United States.

The second baby was breech, and assisted by a midwife before mom pulled her out of the water.

Last year, according to the Midwives Alliance of North America, about 40,000 babies were born outside of a hospital, the lion's share of those being home births assisted by a midwife.

My large, almost 7 - month belly is a great conversation starter, but as we talk further, people are inevitably shocked to learn about my birth plan — that I hope to have a natural delivery at home, assisted by midwives, with no epidural.

Not exact matches

While some folks who birth at home do so assisted by professionals, they usually call their births «unassisted» or «independent,» so when I talk about home births in this piece, I'm talking about the kinds attended by trained midwives.

L. is planning a home birth assisted by two midwives and a doula.

Albeit somewhat slow in arriving at this place, today more women are opting for a natural birth assisted by a doula or midwife.

A birthing center, according to Wikipedia, is a healthcare facility, staffed by nurse - midwives, midwives, and / or obstetricians, for mothers in labor who may be assisted by doulas and coaches.

By attending the laboring mother, the doulas can assist the midwives and make the birth easier.

Fact: Assisted home births may be beneficial to some women with midwives by their side; however, if you are a high risk pregnancy then you may be advised to give birth at the hospital where facilities are easily accessible to monitor the baby.

The midwife brings the complete medical chart and assists the physician by providing the mother's history.

In a planned home birth assisted by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up in case transfer should be necessary these drawbacks are avoided while the benefit of access to medical intervention when needed is maintained.

Increasingly better observational studies suggest that planned hospital birth is not any safer than planned home birth assisted by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more interventions and more complications.

If you read the part you quoted in context, you will see that it is a call for more studies in light of the fact that «Increasingly better observational studies suggest that planned hospital birth is not any safer than planned home birth assisted by an experienced midwife with collaborative medical back up, but may lead to more interventions and more complications.»

A midwife can be a great resource before you have children by assisting with family planning.

She was assisted by a local midwife as well as women family members and friends.