I've always assumed that midwives are not medically trained at all, but just play catcher and comfort mothers with new-age platitudes..
It's true the OB/GYN and the hospital was the one that fucked up in this story.
I was just pointing out that midwives aren't a viable alternative. I'm not even confident that midwives use forceps/vacuum suction for complicated vaginal deliveries.
Midwives are fine for uncomplicated young, healthy deliveries. They do have some legit training. They, for example, are a lot more legit than say, chiropractors.
But they operate from a typical feminist model: skim off the easy cases, carry yourself like you are better than the actual specialist doctors, buy into all the latest feel good useless bunk, immediately drop your principles the very second you meet any adversity, run for help to the doctors you just had so much disdain for and their methods, go home leaving the actual professionals to clean up your literal mess.
It's true the OB/GYN and the hospital was the one that fucked up in this story.
I was just pointing out that midwives aren't a viable alternative. I'm not even confident that midwives use forceps/vacuum suction for complicated vaginal deliveries.
Midwives are fine for uncomplicated young, healthy deliveries. They do have some legit training. They, for example, are a lot more legit than say, chiropractors.
But they operate from a typical feminist model: skim off the easy cases, carry yourself like you are better than the actual specialist doctors, buy into all the latest feel good useless bunk, immediately drop your principles the very second you meet any adversity, run for help to the doctors you just had so much disdain for and their methods, go home leaving the actual professionals to clean up your literal mess.