Sentences with phrase «primarily by midwives»
The vast majority of births in Ireland take place in hospital, either in a dedicated maternity hospital or in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a more low - tech approach such as a birth centre or a midwifery led unit in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.
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The vast majority of births in Ireland take place in hospital, either in a dedicated maternity hospital or in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a more low - tech approach in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.
Midwives will also attend to births in hospitals and birthing centers (most birthing centers are staffed primarily by midwives but have obstetrical backing).
After a diagnostic ultrasound with an OB at the delivery hospital, I was placed in the group that is low risk enough to be cared for primarily by midwives during delivery.