Sentences with phrase «birth under the care of a midwife»

I have had family and friends give birth under the care of midwives.

In the Dutch maternity care system midwives are qualified to provide independent care for women with uncomplicated pregnancies.1 2 They also identify and select the women who, because of existing or anticipated problems, require care from an obstetrician.1 3 Twenty five years ago, women receiving primary care all gave birth at home, but since the 1970s they have been able to choose between home birth and hospital birth under the care of a midwife or general practitioner.

Not exact matches

There are no studies that demonstrate that homebirth with a US homebirth midwife is less likely to kill or permanently disable either mother or baby than hospital birth under the care of an ob.

These places offer to the expectant mothers a family environment, where they motivate them to have a 100 % natural birth without the help of pain relief, and mothers can be assured that they will be under the care of certified professionals, such as midwives or nurses, as well as having a doctor on call in case of eventualities or complications.

And more importantly, rather than just comparing home vs hospital overall, it compared midwife - led vs OB - led births at home vs hospital (as you should well know, in the Netherlands, low - risk women see a midwife, full stop — you have to be high - risk to see an OB, so hospital births are a combination of low - risk women under midwife care and high - risk women under OB care).

All of my friends who were under the care of a midwife for their pregnancies and births had their babies at home.

Having experienced both a hospital, c - section birth and a natural birth at home, I've got full appreciation for both the advances of western medicine that can intervene with childbirth when it's necessary and the empowering, spiritual nature of having your child at home under the care of midwives.

At my birth center this time, ALL of this was under my midwife's scope of care and she strived to make sure BOTH of us were doing well.

Her clients enjoy holistic, modern prenatal care, home birth under the care of two licensed midwives, in home postpartum visits, breastfeeding support, and complete newborn care.

Typically, the most likely place to receive the Midwives Model of Care is in your home or a free - standing birth center, because usually it is difficult for caregivers to give the woman - centered, individualized Midwives Model of Care under the rules and standard practices of today's hospitals.

A landmark study published in the British Medical Journal in 2005 found that natural birth at home, under the care of certified practicing midwives, is safe for low - risk mothers and their babies.

In fact, the largest and most rigorous study of home birth internationally to date found that among 5,000 healthy, «low - risk» women, babies were born just as safely at home under a midwife's care as in the hospital.

INTERPRETATION: There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.

There was no increased maternal or neonatal risk associated with planned home birth under the care of a regulated midwife.

«Any birth at home under the care of midwives was unsafe and should not be supported by governments (quote article 2).

Several studies [13 — 19] have found reduced obstetric interventions and optimal outcomes among healthy women who planned to give birth at home or a birth centre under the care of midwives.

Other models of care include a) where the physician / obstetrician is the lead professional, and midwives and / or nurses provide intrapartum care and in - hospital postpartum care under medical supervision; b) shared care, where the lead professional changes depending on whether the woman is pregnant, in labour or has given birth, and on whether the care is given in the hospital, birth centre (free standing or integrated) or in community setting (s); and c) where the majority of care is provided by physicians or obstetricians.

Dr Molly no longer attends births but continues to offer adjunct holistic prenatal and postpartum care for women under the care of another midwife or obstetrician.