best
part about my midwife.
Not exact matches
Gut / / The Omnivore's Dilemma / / Hot Lights, Cold Steel / / Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs / / The Night Shift / / The Secret Language of Doctors / / Call the
Midwife / / Blood, Bones & Butter / / Madness, Rack, and Honey / / How Not to Die / / What I Talk
About When I Talk
About Running / / The Third Plate / / The Red
Parts / / The Argonauts
My doctors have been supportive, and I'm trusting what my
midwife has told me
about how the practice handles natural births (she no longer delivers, but is still a
part of the practice).
I was young and didn't know much
about birth but, there was some
part of me that knew I wanted to work with a
midwife and try for an un-medicated birth.
Although there is ambiguity regarding what is meant by a «certified
midwife,» there is no ambiguity to the
part about «practicing in an integrated and regulated health system.»
I told myself that I didn't home birth for financial reasons, but saving money was a big
part of it, and if I had understood that I had
about a 40 % chance of having to pay both the
midwife and the hospital, I probably would have reconsidered.
I suggest you look up a thorough debunking og what MANA posted are studies that «prove» safety of homebirth on Honest
Midwife's blog — she is a former CPM who analyzed these studies and claims
about them as
part of her research paper.
Most of this story is from what I directly remember, but there are
parts that I was told
about afterwards, from my
midwife and doula and a friend that was there, filling in the blanks when I was too out of it to fully realize what was going on.
It took
about 15 minutes to burn the cord and each of your» grandparents, Ceci, our
midwifes, and Daddy and I all got to be a
part of the process.
I was watching the BBC2
Midwives programme — responsible for a recent attack of the broods — and started thinking
about both Eliza's birth story and how the actual birth process is such a big focus for future parents, but only a really tiny
part of the parenting story.
I give a talk to
midwives regularly
about this as
part of pathology and autopsies.