Sentences with phrase «thoughts about midwives»

What are their thoughts about midwives and homebirth?

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I remember the midwife saying, «Look your baby has opened his eyes,» and thinking that I was a lot more concerned about what the man with the big scissors was doing!

I think Dr Amy's anger comes from reading story after story about preventable deaths, and preventable permanent injury to infants, month after month, and having the home - birth advocates here in the USA simply ignore the very real risks of homebirth with an uneducated «midwife».

I also think you are being rather narrow minded about what credential a midwife has.

I will refrain from writing my own due to the length of the discussion board as it is, but I do want to express a few thoughts: - Because of the «breast is best» campaign, I firmly believe that even if doctors, pediatricians, midwives et cetera know about the real trouble that many women have BF, they will not say anything so that moms still try.

After around six weeks, your body should have recovered and you can start to think about exercising and losing weight if you want to; you should ask your doctor, midwife or health visitor for advice as your individual situation may affect the intensity and type of exercise you should do.

You should also ask your doctor or midwife about their specific rates for cesarean section, even if you do not think that you will have a cesarean.

It takes longer to recover from a caesarean section and you should wait at least six weeks before you even start to think about exercising; wait until you have had your six week check - up and ask your doctor or midwife for advice about exercising.

But just think about this, what if you start hemorrhaging and the home birth midwife doesn't catch it in time because she doesn't have the necessary equipment to catch it in time... not everyone bleeds out..

Keep reading to learn what one of our awesome local midwives thinks about hiring both a midwife and a doula.

«Until you start thinking about it collectively, you don't recognize it's a real problem,» says Robyn Churchill, a clinical nurse midwife and senior adviser at the Boston - based Clinton Health Access Initiative.

It was then that I started thinking about becoming a midwife.

I think that gives the midwives the luxury of having extra time to spend on normal concerns that women have in pregnancy about the correct diet, help with exercise, questions about travel, questions about integrating older siblings into the arrival of a new baby, many kinds of normal things that we really just have the luxury of getting into in a deeper way than physicians may, who are dealing with more medical complications.

Who else here is willing to bet that at least SOME of the NCB nutters who think a midwife stimulating a clitoris or groping breasts uninvited is okay are the same ones who bitch and moan about breasts being overly sexualized when it comes to breastfeeding in public?

And shows how either untruthful they are (since if they read through them, they would understand that the studies aren't about midwives like them) or stupid (didn't read them at all, but liked what they saw and think it makes them look better)

If you already know what kind of birth you would like to have, or are thinking about an alternative birth, discuss this with your midwife.

«Little Bird» is laying here asleep and as I watch those precious smiles as she is dreaming sweet dreams... I think about the respectful care that she especially received before she was born being under the care of a midwife.

I absolutely agree with what he said about the importance of reviewing poor outcomes, and I can't think of a single midwife that I know that doesn't participate in peer review and looking at poor outcomes.

At the time they were talking about eliminating the breastfeeding midwife altogether, and I think she still had other patients.

I think we're really talking today here about really who is impacted the most when those divides are left hallow, and that is the women who seek services of both obstetricians and midwives for their care.

I think to be fair it should begin in Europe where we lay in bed many nights talking about having a midwife in the United States and starting to look at water birth experiences.

I've thought about the possibility of this happening to me and what I would do (I'm delivering with midwives in a birth center) and this was so helpful!

I have heard great things about the midwife group at Mount Auburn, but that is where my father and grandparents died, so I didn't want to be in that thinking space in labor and delivery.

So it just boggles my mind that a lay person who knows next to nothing about childbirth thinks she can hire herself out as a midwife, risk the lives of her clients and their infants and then dust off her hands and say «oh well» when something like this happens.

Something else to think about: even if this midwife brings a birth assistant and student, three people are not enough if a baby is in crisis with a recently delivered woman who needs to be assessed.

They think that untrained, inexperienced, uninsured, unaccountable people should be denied the option of lying about their qualifications, lying about the realities of birth, calling themselves midwives and charging money for substandard care.

I think the concerns of doctors about the safety of homebirth does indeed come from less self interested motives than the lack of concern homebirth midwives show.

I hate to think about the number of babies who now face lifelong disability due to the dishonesty of lay midwives.

I bring it up because I was thinking about preparing for midwifery advocacy for the International Day of the Midwife this week and thought a few other materials might be useful for you.

The midwives will be busy, and your partner might be too caught up in the wonder of the moment to think about it till the excitement is over.

Though you might think your doctor or midwife is where you should start, it is possible that your baby will not be delivered by your regular provider, so it is important to know about the hospital's overall rate.

Photo Credit — Tanya Walker Parsons Midwife — https://www.facebook.com/pages/Natures-Way-Midwifery/129382907153629 A colleague of mine recently asked me to share my thoughts about the upcoming ecstatic birth tele - summit which begins October 20th.

It is also important for women thinking about a planned home birth to consider if they are healthy and considered low - risk and to work with a CNM, certified midwife, or physician who practices in an integrated and regulated health system; have ready access to consultation; and have a plan for safe and quick transportation to a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.

I was picky about midwives and I always had a backup plan because I think safety is important and we should use the technology we have when we DO need it (and I ended up needing it) but I definitely felt like having the opportunity to birth outside of a clinical environment was important to me.»

I think my milk came in at about day 4 after delivery — just about the time my midwife said it would.

I also think you misunderstood, I don't believe bloggers have any control, it's more about the midwife, woman and healthcare institutions.

SHERAH: i think you are confusing skepticism about midwives with skepticism about home births.

I realize that you think our midwives are well trained, and perhaps they are when compared to CPMs, but I disagree with you about their competence.

And I wanted you know, if it was gonna happen I wanted to keep going and so you know, went to bed at night and I woke up about 2 am in the morning and I was like «Okay, this is the real deal» and I called my midwife about 7.30 am saying «Okay, I am on an intensity about 8 out of 10 so I think we definitely have to meet.»

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.

We think these common myths about midwives may have something to do with it.

It's an excellent and thorough resource for parents - to - be who are thinking about delivering their child with a midwife, or who are concerned about the medical establishment's over-control of birth.

When we think about the available options for breastfeeding support, a few professionals immediately come to mind: the lactation consultant (of course), the physician, nurse, midwife, and doula.

An experienced homebirth midwife, Julia was concerned about the mom and about the baby, who she thought might be in distress.

The majority of parents would benefit from information awareness campaigns conveying these findings, alongside greater use of Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) interventions by hospitals, GPs and midwives in order to help parents to stop and think about how much they are drinking.

We were in a new state and I hadn't even thought about finding a doctor or midwife yet.

Chances are you've hardly had any time to think about yourself, but now that you're nearing your six week check - up with your midwife or OB, you may be starting to wonder: What's the deal with getting your period after pregnancy?

I am also planning to do OBGYN, and I'm wondering what your thoughts are about the tension between safe obstetrical care and the pressure women feel to undergo only «natural» labour, and the disappointment some people feel when they actually need an OB instead of a midwife or GP.

Mohamed urged her colleagues also to think about the role of nurses and midwives in Stolen Generations policies that ripped families apart, removing babies and children.

I think you are going to LOVE Call the Midwife and Home Fires, and I agree with other comments about When Calls the Heart.