I changed the method and setting of my birth to a water birth in a birthing center
under a midwifery care model.
Not exact matches
«We are calling on the HSE to revisit the homebirth memorandum of understanding so that the scheme is a seamless process for women, ensuring their security and peace of mind while also allowing our
midwifery professionals to decide the criteria
under which women should be referred for obstetric
care.
Women who experienced
midwifery care reported greater autonomy than women
under physician
care, when engaging in decision - making around maternity
care options.
In our sample, women who experienced
midwifery care reported increased agency and autonomy in decision making, compared to women
under physician
care.
Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity
care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding
midwifery units,
midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside
midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services
under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in
midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.
How does
midwifery care improve outcomes for communities of color who have a higher risk of mortality
under standard medical maternity
care?
I'm based in the U.K. that has a world class safe and effective
midwifery service where most babies are born
under the
care of a midwife.
The waitlists are out of this world and I've been turned away from every practice — in Canada
midwifery is covered
under our health
care act, so it's not as simple as finding a private midwife.