At Center for Birth, families embark on their journey guided by the expert
care of midwives in a serene setting.
Many women find that they feel most comfortable at home, with the ongoing attention and
nurturing care of a midwife, trained in gentle, natural, safe childbirth - someone who is an expert in normal birth and provides the Midwives Model of Care.
Women all over New York State are unable to attain the
excellent care of midwives in hospitals, birthing centers and in the home setting.
«I still think of it fondly because of the
outstanding care of the midwives and how it brought my partner and I even closer and of course — that my son was born.
It wasn't until I had a friend who miscarried under
the care of midwives that I learned about drugs that could start the bleeding for me in a matter of hours.
If you choose
the care of a midwife equally committed to the ideal of natural, what are the chances that an iffy heartbeat, or some other indeterminate signal, will be chalked up to «variation of normal» and ignored past the point of common sense?
Patricia went on to birth her second son at home with
the care of a midwife in 1999.
If there are any complications with your pregnancy, or if any develop while you are pregnant and under
the care of a midwife, you will be referred to an obstetrician.
«Little Bird» is laying here asleep and as I watch those precious smiles as she is dreaming sweet dreams... I think about the respectful care that she especially received before she was born being under
the care of a midwife.
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.
Under
the care of a midwife, you might be told to rest, have something to eat, and keep an eye out for any meconium staining.
This approach typically includes the attendance and
care of a midwife.
But even when she needed to be transferred to the care of a doctor in a hospital, the risk to her or her baby was no higher than if she had started out her labour under
the care of a midwife in hospital.
I also had my two sons in our home with
the care of midwifes.
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.
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.
The majority of deaths can be prevented under
the care of midwives, nurses, and doctors who are trained in standard procedures and equipped with basic, low - cost tools and medicines.
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.
If a woman seeks out
the care of a midwife, she already has the mindset for a successful birth experience.