> My dad works in international development and has spent a better part of his career working on programs in Bangladesh to get people to use hospitals instead of mid-wives. Now rich people in the United States are using mid-wives instead of hospitals. It's pure insanity.

Can you explain what part in particular about this is insane? My wife is 9 months pregnant and our hospital has midwives on staff. Having a midwife doesn't preclude going to a hospital.