Check out this great article on why midwives NEED to be a part of health care reform by Jennifer Block, Where's the Birth Plan? This isn't an easy job when most women in the U.S. don't give birth with midwives, despite the fact that t he "best available research suggests that low-risk women and infants who work with midwives have comparable and possibly better outcomes and receive fewer interventions than similar women who work with physicians" (Childbirth Connection,"What is the Bottom Line"?) We need more midwives!
Check out this great article on why midwives NEED to be a part of health care reform by Jennifer Block, Where's the Birth Plan? This isn't an easy job when most women in the U.S. don't give birth with midwives, despite the fact that t he "best available research suggests that low-risk women and infants who work with midwives have comparable and possibly better outcomes and receive fewer interventions than similar women who work with physicians" (Childbirth Connection,"What is the Bottom Line"?) We need more midwives!