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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 683062" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ic, my doctor actually IS an NP. But they have almost all the training of a doctor and mine is fantastic. I have been using her as my "doctor" for 20 years. She can handle almost anything and can prescribe and I love her. But if i need a medical procedure, she sends me to a doctor. She has far more knowledge than a regular nurse, and I always see her where there are doctors all around.</p><p></p><p>Maybe its my americanism where we can pick our own hralthcare prifessionals, but to me, and my one birthchild was an unexpected difficult birth, id rather be safe than sorry. This is my child, after all. Since we csn choose a doctor, most of us do. As for watching my baby develop, I still prefer a pediatrician to a nurse.</p><p></p><p>Maybe one day our insurance will mandate midwives, but that hasn't happened yet. I never met anyone in the U.S. that didnt choose a doctor. Thst doesnt mean anybody doesnt choose alternatives to our usual hospital births. I tend to think of midwives, maybe wrongly, as a European thing. We do many things differently from one another. That could change as the U.S. tries to address escalating medical costs, but right now we still use insurance and can, more or less, choose. Its not as easy to choose doctors as it once was. But we can still do it. Im not sure midwives are covered under insurance. Does anyone know? Few could afford out of pocket expenses for a birth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 683062, member: 1550"] Ic, my doctor actually IS an NP. But they have almost all the training of a doctor and mine is fantastic. I have been using her as my "doctor" for 20 years. She can handle almost anything and can prescribe and I love her. But if i need a medical procedure, she sends me to a doctor. She has far more knowledge than a regular nurse, and I always see her where there are doctors all around. Maybe its my americanism where we can pick our own hralthcare prifessionals, but to me, and my one birthchild was an unexpected difficult birth, id rather be safe than sorry. This is my child, after all. Since we csn choose a doctor, most of us do. As for watching my baby develop, I still prefer a pediatrician to a nurse. Maybe one day our insurance will mandate midwives, but that hasn't happened yet. I never met anyone in the U.S. that didnt choose a doctor. Thst doesnt mean anybody doesnt choose alternatives to our usual hospital births. I tend to think of midwives, maybe wrongly, as a European thing. We do many things differently from one another. That could change as the U.S. tries to address escalating medical costs, but right now we still use insurance and can, more or less, choose. Its not as easy to choose doctors as it once was. But we can still do it. Im not sure midwives are covered under insurance. Does anyone know? Few could afford out of pocket expenses for a birth. [/QUOTE]
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