Re: Question for Mid-wives

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Dear Carolyn, Before I was pregnant with my first child I interviewed many midwives before picking a midwife who I felt comfortable with and who I felt had the neccesary skills to deal with probable complications and had the necesary back-up in place. Midwives will differ on the comfort level dealing with different problems. For example I know midwives who are very comfortable taking moms who had previous cesearans or whose baby may seem large because every delivery is different and many of them believe in the body's natural ability to give birth. Once serious problems such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, or placenta problems creep up and I expect even before some of these problems became that serious a reputable midwife will refer a client to a doctor. A reputable midwife will have prenatal visits with her clients and monitor the urine,blood pressure, fetal heartrate etc. During labor she will also monitor the fetal heartrate and be well-trained in resuciatation. If you are interested in finding a midwife prepare a list of questions and interview several in your area. YOU are the consumer and YOU have to feel comfortable with your caregiver regardless if that caregiver is a midwife, ob, family practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. By the way I read a quote somewhere :"80% of the worlds babies are delivered into the hands of midwives"

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>Carolyn
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>At Thu, 13 May 1999, Rachael wrote:
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>>At Wed, 12 May 1999, Carolyn wrote:
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>>>This might not be the correct forum, but I thought I'd give it a go
>>>anyway. Under what circumstances would a woman NOT be considered a
>>>candidate for a home birth? Basically, I mean the woman's medical
>>>history.
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>>>Thanks.
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>>>Carolyn
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>>I'm not a midwife or doctor, and am not going to attempt to answer your
>>question, just give you a suggestion... This is a very vague question,
>>and you're not likely to have medical types answer it because of the
>>vagueness. Perhaps you could be more specific?? I'm guessing their are
>>literally hundreds of reasons why a woman wouldn't be a candidate for
>>home birth...
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