The misconception about midwives
Post date: October 13th, 2009 |
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Midwifery is a health care profession that helps expectant mothers.They are there when the mothers are giving birth and they also provide prenatal care. And they also provide postpartum care.Midwives are not nurses but if they choose to, they can be. But they have a governing body so they are being regulated. But where do the misunderstandings come in?
In general, the misunderstandings happen for those that do homebirths. In my practice of helping women as a midwife in San Diego, homebirths are where people get confused. People usually think delivering a baby at home is unsafe. But for low-risk pregnancy undergoing home birthing is very safe.Midwives also carry necessary medical equipments in case something unavoidable happens.And since the way they deliver babies is very safe most complications are avoided.
This is the part where the benefits come in. As some homebirth midwife San Diego perform their services they do it with a natural delivery.This kind of delivery involves no medicine while birthing.No medicine is used to ease the pain of birthing.But not using medication to help ease the pain of birthing is a good thing since it makes the delivery happen faster. Because most women don’t realize medication actually slows down delivery.So by not administering medicine to the mother the delivery would be faster.
And when the mother decides to undergo water birthing more positive things can be benfited by both the mother and the baby. From doing water birth in San Diego in my practice the water eases the delivery.The water relxes the muscles of the mother hence allowing an easy delivery. And another good thing about water birth is that the shock and stress that the baby endures during birthing is reduced.
As you can see there are some things that people wrongly think of about midwives and their chosen profession.But I’m hoping that you will understand that this method is safe for low-risk pregnancies.Also, they have a regulating body.That is why midwives are required to undero extensive schooling on midwifery.They have some know-how in medical procedures that is needed in birthing. So safety should not be of concern since they also have medical emergency equipment. It is a viable choice for women.
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