Sentences with phrase «known as a midwife»

Most midwives work independently with a group of other midwives (usually known as a midwife collective).

Not exact matches

He takes up the well - known idea of revolution as the midwife of history.

prego I was told by my midwife she could no longer see me as she had an ongoing legal battle that had come to light.

Who do homebirth - based midwives turn to for support when most everyone fails to appreciate our role as an advocate, the advocate to a client who no longer appreciates our efforts?

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Adrienne Jones, Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and chat with her about maternity care, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas (otherwise known at Presby Dallas) and her new role as a midwife serving at one of the biggest hospitals in the Dallas and Fort WortMidwife (CNM) and chat with her about maternity care, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas (otherwise known at Presby Dallas) and her new role as a midwife serving at one of the biggest hospitals in the Dallas and Fort Wortmidwife serving at one of the biggest hospitals in the Dallas and Fort Worth area.

This story also hits close to home as the midwives involved are ones that I know well and who are still practicing.

They assured me that they'd send a midwife out as soon as my surges got to one in 6; they had one ready who knew the area really well so to phone back as soon as things became regular

I will refrain from writing my own due to the length of the discussion board as it is, but I do want to express a few thoughts: - Because of the «breast is best» campaign, I firmly believe that even if doctors, pediatricians, midwives et cetera know about the real trouble that many women have BF, they will not say anything so that moms still try.

During labour, the baby's heart rate will be monitored closely (this is known as foetal heart monitoring); there may be changes in the baby's heart rate if the baby starts to become distressed; if this is the case, the midwife may try to speed up the labour so that the baby can be delivered quickly.

With my membranes ruptured I knew that my labor would be on a tight schedule and my midwife did try to keep us at home as long as possible.

As time went on, and she learned more about the natural birthing process and the current state of maternity care (as well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homAs time went on, and she learned more about the natural birthing process and the current state of maternity care (as well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas well as reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas reflecting on her unmedicated hospital birth experience), she knew that she would not want to birth another child in the hospital, so as she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at homas she and her husband Matt looked forward to conceiving their second child she had already decided on hiring a licensed midwife and planning to birth at home.

As epidural analgesia has been shown in randomised trials to reduce the likelihood of a normal vaginal delivery this could contribute to the variation in normal delivery rates seen.28 Indeed, medicalisation of the environment could be the dominant effect in the United Kingdom, over-riding potential benefits of continuity and «knowing your midwife.»

That's why we seek advice from FSIDS charity (now known as the Lullaby Trust), leading childcare professionals, midwives, and parents.

This can be helpful to know as some practices are solo (with emergency backup) and others have several doctors and midwives.

This obstetrician is called into a closed - door session before the Board of Medicine, immediately after which he notifies each of the eleven midwives that he will no longer serve as their supervising physician.

As I said above, I don't know if Hannah Dahlen and Australian midwives are trying to trick the Australian public into believing that homebirth is safe when it clearly is not, or whether they are so ignorant of basic science, statistics, and mortality data that they don't realize that have shown that homebirth is dangerous.

Midwives are trained in guarding the normalcy of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, not disturbing it when all is well, knowing when to compassionately observe with loving support, and when and how to use holistic remedies, or medical intervention only when necessary as a last resort; they are also educated in prevention, assessment and treatment of complications, which most times can be managed simply and naturally, but sometimes involves consultation or referral to an obstetrician.

Only nine women (3.6 % of all women studied) had a home birth as well as a supportive general practitioner and a midwife they already knew.

around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!

The Big Push Campaign runs one of the most visible drives for licensing of CPMs (certified professional midwives also known as direct entry midwives).

Yet we know from repeated high quality, robust research that midwifery - led care options (as opposed to midwife attended care in obstetric - led units) is the safest model of care for 85 % of women.

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).

The above 2010 ruling — known as Ternovsky v Hungary — set an EU precedent — but it did not make a ruling on the legal protection of midwives / midwifery.

If a government - run health service decides to seriously restrict the practice of midwives, then a woman's right to choose a home birth becomes a moot point because even if she can secure the services of an Independent Midwife, or if she qualifies for one of the handful of hospital - led home birth schemes (known as DOMINO)-- she will not genuinely be «allowed» to make this choice because midwives are not covered by insurance to attend these births.

And I know of other midwives in illegal states who are also being prosecuted as well.

You skewed my words regarding «managing» my birth... the whole point of the midwife is to alert the mother of the possibility of a problem, just like an OB so then a proper course of action can be taken... I was merely saying that they don't think of birth as a medical emergency from the beginning, requiring things that are unnecessary, like constant monitoring because it's easier than intermittent monitoring, or restricting maternal intake because the doctor could get puked on, or have fecal matter excreted during delivery is selfish (and yes, I know, the mother could aspirate, but the rate of that is low too... and I'm not saying they need to eat a steak dinner... but denying a drink of water, or a popsicle during a long labor is just ridiculous, as is rushing a natural process for convenience sake.)

«I don't know any home birth mama's who don't look at a midwifes credentials, transfer rate, and infant and maternal mortality rate, as well as ability to deal with many different emergency scenarios.»

When a woman knows and trusts her midwife to understand her needs and those of her family, there is a shift of power toward the woman as she takes more control over her care rather than «fitting in» with the system.

As far as I know, you did the math right and the non-DEM deliveries include all comers, i.e. free births, CNM attended, OB attended, attended by a doula, dolphin midwife, whatever else people can think uAs far as I know, you did the math right and the non-DEM deliveries include all comers, i.e. free births, CNM attended, OB attended, attended by a doula, dolphin midwife, whatever else people can think uas I know, you did the math right and the non-DEM deliveries include all comers, i.e. free births, CNM attended, OB attended, attended by a doula, dolphin midwife, whatever else people can think up.

So it just boggles my mind that a lay person who knows next to nothing about childbirth thinks she can hire herself out as a midwife, risk the lives of her clients and their infants and then dust off her hands and say «oh well» when something like this happens.

If something goes wrong, there are a lot of people like Susan here who will blame YOU as the parent, and they will circle the wagons around the midwife no matter how bad she screwed up.

What do you know... Normal birth is a vaginal birth without any evil interventions, with pain with good purpose, and a midwife holding your hand, basically acting as epidural.

Veronica Tingzon: Many years ago I was in Guatemala with a missionary group with my father and what not, and we did some medical stuff and there was a mother there who had just birthed a baby and the midwife or as they call the «Partera» was telling her just go ahead and feed the baby but the grandmother of the baby was saying, «no, no, no you don't want the baby to get used to the arms» and I said, «listen to the partera» and that mom was lactating probably within a little bit under two days also.

They might even have to behave like the midwifes «in the old days» as Dr Grudzinskas would put it, and, putting down their clipboards, turn their eyes to the woman as the most powerful and knowing figure in the room.

We must not be deterred from learning as much as we can about our rights and our options in childbirth, no matter how much it may inconvenience midwives or doctors.

Third and last learn your doctor or midwife's inductions, C section and epidural ways, if any of these are higher than you are comfortable with check out other options, know the situations of the hospital you planned to deliver as well.

Your midwife will also let you know about signs and symptoms of complications to be aware of in you and your new baby, letting you know what's normal, such as bleeding after birth (lochia), and what could be a sign that something is wrong, such as passing large blood clots.

Intervention: caseload midwifery care (receiving care through antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum, in hospital and in the community) from a named caseload midwife working in a small group of midwives known as a midwifery group practice (4 full - time MWs).

women allocated to midwife - led continuity models of care were more likely to be attended at birth by a known midwife (RR 7.04, 95 % CI 4.48 to 11.08; participants = 6917; studies = seven); however, the effect estimates for individual studies are highly variable, as reflected in substantial statistical heterogeneity (Tau ² = 0.31; I ² = 94 %; Analysis 1.15).

It is with dismay that I have listened, for the past five years or so, to direct - entry midwives criticizing nurse - midwives as «medwives» and «physician extenders,» and to nurse - midwives talking about professional direct - entry midwives as if they don't know very much, and working in some states to pass exclusionary laws.

And as for Safety, the statistics say, there is no different risk in a home setting than in a hospital setting, this is because the midwives are trained to know when to go to the hospital, and they prep the mom to be ready in case certain situations arise.

God knows how many midwives had presented themselves as experts over the years without even having that.

As we know, it's all about the process and midwife magic.

As a nurse midwife I love delivering babies, but I also love the fact that if something goes wrong I know I have the in - house OBGYN & NICU team close by.

The concern that a midwife would just not log a bad result is not really justified, as the patients need to be logged at onset of care, prior to one knowing the outcome of the pregnancy.

She really enjoys life as a caseloading midwife as she can get to know her families and support them for the full 6 weeks postnatally, combining her two roles and offer new parents the support with slings and carriers that not everyone feels confident going out looking for early on.

Known as International Day of the Midwife, the event campaigns for more recognition of the profession.

If you knew anything about this blog's audience and community, you would know that a lot of them have been directly impacted by amateur midwives, either through the deaths or injuries of their own children, or those of their family members, or via hospital transfers that they have cleaned up after as medical professionals.

They didn't know what was causing the drop in heart rate, but my midwife knew from my previous birth records that I could push a baby out fast, so she wasn't as worried as she might have been if I were a first - time mom or having my first vaginal birth.

No, you make fun of delayed cord clamping in term infants as nurse midwife nonsense AGAIN, where is the evidence that this is true?