Midwives are like the feminists of the birthing industry.
They believe in alll this new age woo, then suddenly rediscover their faith in Western medicine the very second the "natural" birthing process gets complicated and hairy.
Then they cut and run like Wile Coyote, dumping the problem mother and child on the hospital and the surgeon at the last minute as strangers to try to use modern science to save everyone's life.
But the attending MD and her nurses on the staff killed the child. I've always assumed that midwives are not medically trained at all, but just play catcher and comfort mothers with new-age platitudes..
Over here a midwifery degree is a four year degree, same as a nurse. It is one year less than a doctor, and the difference is about a year spent on the wards with training wheels and mentor. Doctors do more placements on the ward.
New nurses and midwives then spend a year under supervision before they are fully qualified. Midwives work in hospital birthing suites as well as hospital-run home birth services.
Home births are not always a stupid idea. It depends on the risk-factors and the level of support required. It takes a surgeon an hour to scrub-up for a A1 C-Section, so as long as no one is bleeding to death (which drugs can fix, mostly) then a trip in the ambulance doesn't slow down a surgical intervention.
The cover-up is the only actual crime. Medical malpractice is almost always just a whoopsie poopsie slap on the wrist civil tort law situation.
And people wonder why so many are turning to midwifes and home births...
Midwives are like the feminists of the birthing industry.
They believe in alll this new age woo, then suddenly rediscover their faith in Western medicine the very second the "natural" birthing process gets complicated and hairy.
Then they cut and run like Wile Coyote, dumping the problem mother and child on the hospital and the surgeon at the last minute as strangers to try to use modern science to save everyone's life.
But the attending MD and her nurses on the staff killed the child. I've always assumed that midwives are not medically trained at all, but just play catcher and comfort mothers with new-age platitudes..
Over here a midwifery degree is a four year degree, same as a nurse. It is one year less than a doctor, and the difference is about a year spent on the wards with training wheels and mentor. Doctors do more placements on the ward.
New nurses and midwives then spend a year under supervision before they are fully qualified. Midwives work in hospital birthing suites as well as hospital-run home birth services.
Home births are not always a stupid idea. It depends on the risk-factors and the level of support required. It takes a surgeon an hour to scrub-up for a A1 C-Section, so as long as no one is bleeding to death (which drugs can fix, mostly) then a trip in the ambulance doesn't slow down a surgical intervention.