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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 683905" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Somewhere -</p><p></p><p>To answer your specific questions - midwifery licensure varies by state. In my state, they are required to have significant training and have more than adequate knowledge to perform a routine delivery. They were definitely more attuned to my emotional well-being than the gynecologist I had originally used in my first pregnancy. That guy actually told my H to get a girlfriend for the rest of my pregnancy and not bother me anymore! The next day was when I moved to the midwives.</p><p></p><p>My belief is that post-partum depression and/or psychosis are hormonally triggered and that some people may be more predisposed to it. I remember sobbing like a lunatic when my firstborn was 3 days old because my father told me he wasn't coming to the bris because my H wasn't Jewish. Ordinarily, nothing my dad ever said to me upset me. The midwife told me when I called her panicked that the hormones are the highest on the third day and that I should return to normal by the next day but to call her immediately on the 5th day if I wasn't okay. She then called back and told H the same thing... Luckily, I was fine by day 4, but that day 3 feeling was so awful that I feel for anyone who had ppd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 683905, member: 3493"] Somewhere - To answer your specific questions - midwifery licensure varies by state. In my state, they are required to have significant training and have more than adequate knowledge to perform a routine delivery. They were definitely more attuned to my emotional well-being than the gynecologist I had originally used in my first pregnancy. That guy actually told my H to get a girlfriend for the rest of my pregnancy and not bother me anymore! The next day was when I moved to the midwives. My belief is that post-partum depression and/or psychosis are hormonally triggered and that some people may be more predisposed to it. I remember sobbing like a lunatic when my firstborn was 3 days old because my father told me he wasn't coming to the bris because my H wasn't Jewish. Ordinarily, nothing my dad ever said to me upset me. The midwife told me when I called her panicked that the hormones are the highest on the third day and that I should return to normal by the next day but to call her immediately on the 5th day if I wasn't okay. She then called back and told H the same thing... Luckily, I was fine by day 4, but that day 3 feeling was so awful that I feel for anyone who had ppd. [/QUOTE]
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