Re:What a Midwife Wishes People Knew About Her Job
by cylinder on Monday May 06, 2019 @04:06AM
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I think he is confusing midwife with doula. You don't hire a midwife to join you at the hospital. I think in the US, they are referred to as nurses more than midwives in hospitals. Here in Aus it's all midwives. Therein lies a bit of the problem as the profession should be seen as different to conventional nurses.
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Re:What a Midwife Wishes People Knew About Her Job
by TeMPOraL on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:19AM
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I don't think he's confusing anything; doulas aren't medical personnel.
Not sure how much this is regional, but in Poland, you absolutely can hire a midwife at some maternity hospitals. It's an extra private service, through which you can select a particular midwife from the hospital to be available to you for consultations and be there to lead and care for you during birth.
Re:What a Midwife Wishes People Knew About Her Job
by lsaferite on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:46AM
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In the US it depends on what your obstetrician's office has in many cases. The practice my wife chose has about 50% APRN-CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwife). We had a CNM for our first delivery and the Dr for the second (timing didn't allow for the CNM to make it to the delivery).