Every ounce of natural birth and postpartum was
respected by my midwife.
Not exact matches
Do I want to play pot - luck with whether I get a good
midwife who
respects me and listens to me, or one who is more interested in playing it
by the book and doing things her way for an easy life?
Plenty of
respected research supports the safety of planned home birth (most recent large prospective trial published in the British Medical Journal), but for women who need to deliver in a hospital due to a complication, the
midwife stays
by your side and adopts a doula role.
I wanted to know my desire to go without unnecessary intervention would be
respected, and after a scary first birth where my birth plan was completely ignored, I felt I'd get the support I needed with a
midwife by my side.
This book is written
by a much loved and well -
respected midwife and her natural birth bias definitely shows.
Pregnancy care is conducted
by a licensed, experienced
midwife (CPM, LM) who will address all of your concerns, conduct thorough exams and treat you with
respect.
The ability to build a relationship with a known carer based on mutual
respect and trust is promoted
by advocates of
midwives as the panacea for being able to control levels of fear, maintain feelings of being in control throughout the birthing process and being satisfied with the outcome of the experience [42].
I am forever grateful to our amazing doula and
midwife, who listened to my words and to my soul and guided me with wisdom and
respect into motherhood, and to my mother and aunty who traveled so far to be
by my side when I needed them.