Not exact matches
Only when
midwives and obstetricians start working in partnership, and valuing each other's roles in
supporting women, do we
see women offered genuine choices, and offered the best care for themselves and their unborn baby (One example of research
supporting this: Colter 2014, «
Midwife - Physician collaboration — a conceptual framework for inter-professional collaborative practice»).
Losing my son (3rd child) at 43 weeks during labor, was attempting a home birth vba2c, his passing was NOT due to me attempting a vaginal birth or a home birth, in fact when we attempt to have our 4th child I will be going for a vba3c, I am so
supported through this by the women in my local homebirth group, it has allowed me to
see the sun in the storm, I have started a charity in my sons name to help women get a doula or
midwife when they would not be able to afford their services other wise.
A friend with a history of low progesterone (with 1 miscarriage and 1 progesterone
supported birth) become pregnant while living in Norway and could not get to
see an OB or even a
midwife to get a prescription for the hormone.
As a
midwife and nursing mother of two, I was excited to
see an event that
supports breastfeeding without the guilt and pressure sometimes felt by breastfeeding communities.
If you're
seeing a
midwife in a low - volume hospital practice, or planning to give birth at a birth center or at home, you're likely to have continuous one - on - one
support from your
midwife.