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What is the function of a mid-wife?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 683020" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Well, I never saw a doctor during delivering my sons. Midwives took care of the whole thing. It is the norm in untroubled births around here if the mother does not want epidural in which case an anesthesiologist is called. And we have the lowest infant mortality in the world. </p><p></p><p>Midwives are nurses with extra schooling for births and most prenatal visits are also handled by them around here. Gynecologist is an expert of certain female diseases and births that go wrong, midwives are experts of normal births that go like births should go. (Of course they are also experts in noticing when something is about to go wrong and calling the doctor when that happens.)</p><p></p><p>To be honest, when it comes down to pregnancy and giving birth I would trust an opinion of an experienced midwife way over average gynecologist. Simply because midwives have so much more experience about that specific topic while gynecologists specialise to much border area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 683020, member: 14557"] Well, I never saw a doctor during delivering my sons. Midwives took care of the whole thing. It is the norm in untroubled births around here if the mother does not want epidural in which case an anesthesiologist is called. And we have the lowest infant mortality in the world. Midwives are nurses with extra schooling for births and most prenatal visits are also handled by them around here. Gynecologist is an expert of certain female diseases and births that go wrong, midwives are experts of normal births that go like births should go. (Of course they are also experts in noticing when something is about to go wrong and calling the doctor when that happens.) To be honest, when it comes down to pregnancy and giving birth I would trust an opinion of an experienced midwife way over average gynecologist. Simply because midwives have so much more experience about that specific topic while gynecologists specialise to much border area. [/QUOTE]
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