We interviewed home birth midwives (CPMs) but decided against using them for various reasons, which I don't regret.
If I remember correctly, she said in a blog post that she had helped her daughter look for a HCP for the pregnancy, even
interviewing some home birth midwives, and she was disgusted with the home birth midwives.
Not exact matches
Practice Guidelines for California Licensed
Midwives Best Practice Guidelines: Transfer from Planned
Home Birth to Hospital Citizens for Midwifery
Home Birth Facts Canadian Medical Association Journal: Outcomes of Planned
Home Birth Solace for Mothers: Informed Consent Questions to Consider when
Interviewing a Doctor or
Midwife
Courtney will be
interviewing doulas and
midwives, Jennifer will be writing about
home births and essential books on natural
birth, Lee will be writing about her decision not to have children, and much, much more.
My husband and I struggled with the decision to opt for a
home birth, but after even more research and
interviewing several
midwives we decided that this was the right path for us.
I began first to
interview midwives who attend
home births, seeking to understand their strongly alternative and holistic worldview.
Parents wanting a
home birth need to
interview all the
Midwives in their area and find out if they adhere to these protocols or not.
When my sister planned a
home birth in NYC, she was very reassured when her
midwife told her in the first
interview that she had never (or maybe very rarely) done an * emergency * hospital transfer — her (relatively frequent) transfers to the hospital happened long before the point where it became an emergency.
We
interviewed a
midwife and a couple homeopathic doctors and chose a homeopathic doctor (very experienced in
home -
births) because it made my husband feel more comfortable (he thought
home -
births were unsafe).
We've found that the most effective way to get someone on board with your plans to
birth at
home is to set up an
interview with a
midwife, even if your partner insists there is no way a
home birth is happening.