I have yet to
see any midwife who is destroyed by the unnecessary death of a child — they all have crap to say about how sad it is that they didn't make it earthside, blah blah blah, but I have yet to see even one of these stories where she takes full responsiblity for her actions or lack thereof.
I saw a midwife who also practices naturopathy about increasing my milk supply after # 6 being born.
Swelling is getting worse, went to
see the midwife who checked urin and bloodpressure which is all good.
Not exact matches
Anyone
who want to get pregnant, if you are planning on getting pregnant, it's always a good idea to
see your health care provider, whether it's your
midwife, family practitioner or your obstetrician, and talk to them about your medical history.
I decided that I wanted to pay to have my own
midwife attend my birth
who I
saw throughout my pregnancy
who I got to know very well.
Recently, it is being advocated by eminent paediatric surgeons and lactation consultants
who see a role for trained
midwives, nurses and lactation consultants in using this simple and effective method of releasing a tight frenum that is inhibiting breastfeeding in neonates.
Before I went to the UK in 1974, I remember reading angry articles by American
midwives who could not
see any reason why they could not be permitted to use outlet forceps.
To blame the doctors
who saw the woman a week before her collapse and absolve the
midwife who cared for her at the time of birth is bizarre.
Any
midwife who lacks the experience to recognize a major complication when she
sees it, or lacks the wit to recognize a major complication because she has been taught everything is a variation of normal, should not be practicing at all.
I was finally able to convince my daughter to supplement by bringing a friend
who is a nurse -
midwife to
see her and give a second opinion.
If you decide to
see a
midwife, be sure to choose someone
who is experienced with twins and has admitting privileges at a hospital with a level III neonatal nursery, in case of preterm delivery or other complications.
3 weeks later baby was still unhappy feeding I was exhausted, nipples were sore my husband begged me to give a bottle (which I did) I then got
seen my another
Midwife shortly afterwards
who examined him finally and
saw his tongue and referred me to have the procedure straight away.
And, when we have a baby born very early, or with a true issue, or even if we just need some advanced assessment because of something we have identified, I hope that someday we can be
seen as members of the care team, not «the rougue
midwives»
who bring in «all those sick babies».
The
midwives seek to create a bond with the mother, in that way they will
see them as a friend
who is there to help at any moment and to whom they can go when they feel they can not do it.
Whether you are giving birth or
seeing your child through an illness or after surgery, you want to choose a hospital that has outstanding physicians and
midwives as well as warm caring nurses
who are the cream of the crop.
However, I've
seen occasions in which
midwives will have a patient planning a home birth
who has GBS and ruptured membranes without labor.
Plus I'd
seen a family member
who'd had 9 home births all handled extremely well by a
midwife, with only one being transferred to the hospital, early in labor.
Ring us today to
see how the best care is from your personal
midwife,
who has time to listen and advise on your special circumstances.
I simply would love to
see tolerance towards people
who choose natural birth and non conventional
midwives.
Certified Nurse
Midwives who attend home births do have six years of training (not sure about how many births they attend in those years) but the average non nurse
midwife will have minimal if any formal training and will not have
seen 500 births even with years of practice.
However, there was always a
midwife on call at the hospital (and it was a
midwife who delivered my baby... I didn't
see the MD on call until after the birth) and the hospital staff in labor and delivery and the maternity suite were fantastic.
Where strict risk - out criteria are applied together with strict transfer criteria, I imagine that a
midwife who specialises in homebirth will usually treat only the lowest of low - risk women and (hopefully)
see very few genuinely life threatening emergencies.
The first thing you need to do is
see your doctor or local
midwife,
who can get you registered with the maternity services in your local area.
If your
midwife doesn't have hospital privileges, you can write down in detail what you will be transferring for and how you will get there but ultimately what happens is either
midwife calls 911 because something is wrong OR
midwife calls local hospitals
seeing who has enough staff and beds to take someone.
Instead of jumping to make an appointment with the first provider you
see in the yellow pages or
who friends have recommended, schedule consultations with both obstetricians and
midwives.
I have been on both sides, as a doula and student
midwife and now as the nurse
who sees the train wreck home birth transfers wheeled into the ER.
We need people on our team and this can include our partner, a doula, a
midwife — others
who see birth as a natural beautiful thing,
who share our beliefs,
who believe in our ability to birth a baby, and
who will help us achieve our best birth.
For sample Pregnancy 1, women
who saw midwives with appointment times of < 15 minutes had a median MADM score of 30, compared to a median MADM score of 23 among those
who saw obstetricians, and 22 among women
who saw family physicians during short appointments.
MADM median scores were highest among women
who were cared for by
midwives, and 10 or more points lower for those
who saw physicians.
Natural childbirth experts say they have
seen a modest increase in interest in natural childbirth following a recent film by actress Ricki Lake,
who gave birth at home with the help of a
midwife.
The problem I
see is that direct entry
midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women
who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).
So I have
seen many sides of this issue — as an unlicensed
midwife and now a licensed
midwife, and also as a parent
who chose home birth for my three children.
Many doctors and
midwives work in larger practices where they share «call» and divide up
who sees clients in labor on which days; patients may even
see different providers at different prenatal and postpartum appointments.
Midwifery advocates often cite what they
see as the biggest irony of anti-
midwife laws like the one in Missouri: that a good Samaritan
who helps a woman deliver her baby on the side of a road or in a taxi cab is not subject to prosecution, but that a trained
midwife who helps a woman carefully plan her out - of - hospital birth is.
My
midwife suggested that i
saw someone that specific that deals with this particular condition, I
saw someone which unfortunately I had to pay for
who does «Bowen Technique» if you have the money to try this I'd highly recommend it.
I also began being approached by doulas, childbirth educators and
midwives who were distressed at
seeing woman suffer in childbirth and looking for something different than the usual natural childbirth classes could provide.
You will
see how there are lots of women
who just like you thought they were getting the greatest care only to then lose a baby and then find out just how awful their
midwife actually was.
My nurse -
midwife this go around is more highly trained than either of the
midwifes who delivered in the hospital and is over
seen by the best OB in the South East.
How is it that we can think a breastfeeding toddler
who is drinking his own mother's milk is strange and «unnecessary», yet drinking the milk from a cow which is made to grow a calf (which weighs up to 45 kilos at birth) is
seen as not only normal but superior?!! How is it that doctor's,
midwives, mothers, fathers, friends and strangers can suggest that switching to a cow's milk is superior to a child's own mother's milk?!
Midwifery care in the UK is fragmented, and community
midwives see women before and after the birth, but a hospital
midwife, usually unknown to the laboring woman, is the one
who managing parturition (labor and delivery).
I am so grateful to
see this research finally published, thanks to the hard work of the researchers, the MANA statistics team, and the hundreds of
midwives who contributed data.
While my
midwives wouldn't go so far as to say that I had postpartum depression, they did recommend a therapist,
who I
saw for 6 weeks.
This was greatly contradicted by
midwives,
who see giving birth as something natural and normal.
«Birth attendants, be they doctors,
midwives or nurses,
who have experienced only hospital based, high interventionist, medicalised birth can not
see the profound effect their interventions are having on the birth.
By booking you in early you will be able to have regular ultrasound scans and
see specialist doctors and
midwives who will monitor your condition and attend to you when labour and delivery are imminent.
I also had amazing
midwives who, as a matter of professional routine, check all the babies they catch for signs of tongue and lip ties and don't leave until they
see the new baby latch successfully (and until they witness other clues that let them know mom and baby are healthy enough to be left to rest).
Your doctor or
midwife can recommend interventions that really help, such as
seeing a therapist
who works with lots of moms like you or taking an antidepressant that's safe when nursing.
«If we can have a patient
seeing either the
midwife or the GP depending on
who is the appropriate person at the time, then that's going to benefit the patients and free the GP's up to be able to
see other people.
Does your
midwife handle it all, or do you need to draw straws to
see who comes up with the short one?
This is not the first time this has happened - I explain my concerns to a nurse or
midwife,
who suggest a routine visit or a wait and
see approach, then I speak to a Dr, explain my concerns and they immediately understand and make something happen ASAP.