These times are exact and typical for each caregiver.. OBGYN Appointment: 7/27/11. MW Appointment: 7/28/11. EDD 10/19/11. My husband actually laughed out loud a few times during this video… I hope regardless of your homebirth/hospital preference you appreciate this (-; I am not trying to favor one over the other but simply state what happened at each time with each care giver.
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In honor of Women’s Health Week, Dr. Yesenia Blancas, OB/GYN with UT Physicians explains why routine appointments are extremely important for women to keep up with. During these appointments, providers can catch early indicators of potentially very serious medical issues. Missing these meetings can mean missing an important window of time to catch something before it develops. To learn more, call 888-4UT-DOCS or visit them online.
UCLA gynecologic oncologist Joshua Cohen, MD,, for an overview of various gynecologic cancers, including ovarian and endometrial cancer. Dr. Cohen also addresses important questions to ask your OB/GYN to get the most out of your visit, as well as steps to reduce your risk for developing these cancers. Learn more: http://obgyn.ucla.edu/. #UCLAMDCHAT
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Cami shares her emotional story about finding an OBGYN she could trust during a time of difficult pregnancy. Dr. Emma Miller practices at MountainStar’s Timpanogos Women’s Center in Lehi, Utah.. Schedule an appointment online at www.timpanogoswomenscenter.com
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In a joint advisory, ACOG and the American Heart Association said annual well-woman exams by obstetrician-gynecologists should include a heart disease risk assessment. The advisory emphasizes the value of collaborative care between ob-gyn specialists and cardiologists. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in American women. Because they are many women’s primary care doctors, OB-GYNs are in a unique position to advise their patients on preventing heart disease.
About nine in 10 women have at least one risk factor for heart disease and stroke, so almost anyone can benefit from talking about heart health. Visits to OB/GYN should include heart health talk: Experts More than half of women consider their OB/GYN to be their most important doctor. As a result, these OB-GYN appointments often involve discussing other health factors, like nutrition, stress, weight and exercise, so extending this to include cardiovascular health (in a more. “In addition to traditional gynecologic health that includes a pelvic exam, Pap smear and breast exam, we evaluate routine screenings for everything from anemia, heart health, thyroid, osteoporosis, cancers, kidney disease, musculoskeletal problems and more.” Dr. LaCorte joined Cape Cod Healthcare.
“In addition to traditional gynecologic health that includes a pelvic exam, Pap smear and breast exam, we evaluate routine screenings for everything from anemia, heart health, thyroid, osteoporosis, cancers, kidney disease, musculoskeletal problems and more.” Dr. LaCorte joined Cape Cod Healthcare in December 2018. A telehealth appointment with a women’s health specialist can help you find relief and may point to the need for additional testing to determine the root cause of your pain.
If recommended treatments do not relieve your pain, your provider may recommend a future in-person appointment. As a general rule, you should discuss conditions that affect the cardiovascular system or other crucial areas of the body with your ob-gyn. Such conditions include high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, or autoimmune diseases. An annual wellness exam performed by an OB/GYN can be used to evaluate a woman’s heart health, according to a new joint advisory statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published in Circulation.
1. Ob/Gyn Ashley Brant, We use your yearly exam to screen for health problems and perform recommended tests. For example, the Pap test helps us.
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Preconceptional counseling Hemodynamic changes occurring during pregnancy Effects of pregnancy on maternal cardiac disease Effects of maternal cardiac disease on pregnancy General measures for the care of pregnant patients with heart disease Management of congestive heart failure (CHF) during pregnancy 7.
These guidelines provide current recommendations for the management of the pregnant patient with cardiovascular disease.
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This initial appointment should be regarded as an opportunity for imparting general information about the pregnancy such as diet, smoking and folic acid supplementation.
Women who are known to have pre-existing heart disease should be advised to seek medical care as soon as pregnancy is confirmed, so that they can have a plan of care established by the multidisciplinary team.
These authors recommended (and we concur) a comprehensive cardiovascular evaluation before pregnancy be undertaken, including examination, electrocardiography, chest radiography, exercise study, and echocardiography and/or CMR for evaluation of any hemodynamic abnormalities and ventricular function.
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When it comes to appointments, this video is pretty much completely accurate! Whether or not you think OB’s or Midwives are better in other ways is beyond the scope of the video, but, my friend had an OB and ended up with interventions that lead to Csection. Her second birth she got a hospital midwife with good stats and had a completely natural labor without even meaning to. She said her experience was so different, and better, with her midwife.
great video, thank you, I am also documenting the differences in my experiences, this was actually mild compared to what I have been through with the nurses (because a doctor has never actually even touched me through 6 appointments at the OBGYN’s and an ultra sound for breast cancer). I believe the stress factor plays a huge role in the outcome of the birthing process. And for those that worry… even midwives have an OB on backup JUST IN CASE! We aren’t dumb enough to not praise OBs for what they are trained to do, which is operate when necessary. Thank you again.
On the other hand, the midwife I work with had a pt in the hospital that had fetal bradycardia, I took her for a emergent C/S and we all had a good outcome. A good outcome is the whole point of this discussion!
I have to say, you stating “When the truth is those of us who choose it do so BECAUSE we are educated” is very stand offish and rude. Im sure that not what you mean’t however it give thin impression that you think people who have a hospital birth are uneducated which is exactly what you don’t like other implying about your choice.
Folic acidwill cause you breast cancer and damage your baby. Then go and have unnecessary ultra sounds spree, do not forget 4D, have fun and upload it on youtube. Stop when you notice that your babies brains boling. The doctors will induce labour and send you for several days to hell. When baby born they will inject synthetic Vitamin K cocktail with aluminum just to give your baby yellow colour tan and destroy liver. If baby still alive they will inject with first vaccines and they give the name for your baby Colic. After, midwife will advice to give your baby Vitamin D3 drops, do not worry your baby is bigger than the rats it will survive. Then will tell you keep your baby sleep on its back, just to keep them awake and to cry more. You husband is preparing to file for divorce, and you are thinking be a single was much more fun. They will advice not to expose your baby to the sun. To improve your child health its a really bad idea when they worked so hard. After you get last shots sell your house because your child will need lots of care. Happy motherhood and follow doctors advice these sociopath (most of them) trained to help you and guide you. Because most of us are really idiots. PS Its juts a basic stuff you will need for ultimate healthy baby, antibiotics and various pills will be added on the way. DO NOT BE SELFISH ACCORDING MAINSTREAM MEDIA Mother Earth IS OVERPOPULATED.
No one is saying anything against regular doctors. Doctors are there to handle the high risk pregnancies while the midwives are able to guide the low risk pregnancies. As long as their aren’t any looming risks to a pregnancy, a woman should be able to deliver her baby naturally which is beneficial to their biological relationship in the long run.
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I’d spent about two years helping my mother through her cancer, in and out of hospital. I was pregnant, not ill home birth was the best way to welcome him, with family and friends. The midwife helping me through the 12 or so hours before the birth, where she ‘caught’ my son. The good doctor then took over to sew me up, because my 10lb.-1oz. boy tore me coming out, but we were both too busy learning how to nurse to notice much of the stitching. Besides, I was in love!
Haha, I talk about this all the time, the huge difference. I would wait 1.5 hours to see my doctor, see her for 5 minutes or less, she would sigh with exasperation when I asked questions, was bored by my excitement (first baby). I once told her I was having migraines so she hastily wrote a prescription for some drug, handed it to me and rushed me out the door without explaining what the drug was, side effects, nothing… Then I would go to my midwife at the birthing center, I would not wait at all, she would be there waiting for me even when I was early, and then she would take tests and talk to me and help me with my mental AND physical health for an HOUR. These women are amazing, with the doctors I felt like I was bothering them by coming to see them…. I always recommend people get a midwife for their birth.
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Candace, you are right! I do believe that most people who give birth in a hospital are uneducated about the process. Not implying there are some women who do some research and still decide, for whatever reason, they want to birth in a hospital. But you & I both know most women do not do any research. They assume the hospital is the safest place to be and blindly trust their doctors to take care of them and believe that “it won’t happen to me.”
And a husband had a disastrous hospital birth experience. His wife was killed by an epidural. Also, there have been women who have had disastrous hospital birth experiences and wound up needing a hysterectomy. Birthing regardless of location and care provider can ended in tragedy.
Going to my Male PC Doctor for gyno exams makes me want to kill myself, but he doesn’t care & he is insisting & pressuring me to also let him do the exam eventhough I go to a female gyno specialist for yearly pap exams & I have never had any problems. I’m starting to hate my doctor. I’m thinking of dropping my expensive/crappy insurance & never seeing another doctor again! If I die early of something, so be it! I live in Central TX, in the USA.
Let it be noted that there are Nurse Midwives (RNs) and non-nurse Midwifes, so education levels are very different. I would echo the comments made by another that not all OBGYNs provide the level of care noted in this video. My OBGYN was wonderful, caring and timely. With that being said, I do feel that it is important to educate yourself and know what you want. Find a doctor who meets your needs. Also, there are hospitals that have midwives, perhaps not as many as we would like, but it is growing! Doulas are also a wonderful! After two unmedicated hospital births, I was happy with birthing at the hospital. Howeverit’s after the birth that isn’t so great. You are a prisoner. For that reason, if we should have anymore children, I will likely choose to birth at home or a birthing center.
I want to know that I have periods but these are less than normal but more than I think implantion and my right ovary is prominant or swelled I felt pain in abdomen bloating and feeling up and down alot.somtime weeping some time laughing.I have fever and headace too.m feeling unusual I am not able to understand went to doctr but not satisfied feeling different little bit nausea.
A midwife also does not have to be used in the case of a home birth, am I correct? They can also deliver in hospitals and even order an epidural. I thought that a midwife didn’t have to be specific to a home, natural, unmediated birth.
So true! Sometimes with the OB it wasnt even worth sitting down. With my homebirth MW we could be chatting an hour later maybe about birth, or maybe about other stuff.
Its so important to have that rapport, sense of safety and no power imbalance. Makes it much easier to have that person peering up your bum and to trust them when you’re most vulnerable. I’d only have a female birth worker now. Unless I needed medical help, in which case i wouldnt care.
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You’re so needy! Must not have many frinds and feel lonely since you like hugs so much:( Some girls like me prefer OB’s, done and gone.. Maybe because some of us have busier life and dont care about getting strangers hugs lol
Yep! That was my experience! I’m in Canada both OB and midwife are covered by our healthcare. I was lucky enough to get accepted by a midwife! They have big waiting lists I was on 4 and so glad one had opening and I switched right away.
This brings up the last point before I get off my soapbox. Home births are a bad idea for both the midwife and mother/baby (i.e. Caroline Lovell death). One example I experenced in residency, a midwife labored a patient at home. Baby developed a dystocia and died. The baby was finally removed by the midwife, and mom began to bleed out due to uterine atony…she didn’t have any pitocin etc. to help stop it…she arrived via ambalance with 2/3 of her blood lost. Thankfully we saved her.
Haha, my sister’s midwife sent her a link to you video and she then shared it with me. I replied back and told her I’d been watching you for years and had already seen it!:) Just though you’d want to know it’s getting around in the midwife community. Good job!
My hubby is a pediatricianwe’ve used both a midwife and an OBand I can say I’ve enjoyed both. I did like the care leading up to the birth with a midwifebut I’ve loved my OB experience too. Having a baby that had to spend some time in the NICU, I have to say I’ll stick with the OB for the future. But both have great attributes. I don’t find it helpful to bash eitherboth are great options.
This is correct, a midwife will better help you get through L&D naturally, but that doesn’t mean that you are closed off from other options when necessary or wanted.:)
@disagreablesobMidwifery fell out of favor because hospitals made it illegal, you idiot. It was all about the corporations called hospitals driving out the small business owners, called midwives. It had everything to do with profit. It had noting to do with “safety”.
“There’s a reason midwives fell out of favor” Yes, and it was MONEY, not safety. In countries where women have a choice of hospital or homebirth attended by well-trained midwives, and where surgeons (OB/GYN) are only called in when needed, the outcomes are significantly better than in the US. The obscenely high rates of surgical birth in this country are (or at least ought to be) an embarrassment to the medical profession.
@ajdewdrop Of course they are trained so, but not every midwife is the same, just like not every OBGYN is the same. A woman in my community I lived in 10 years ago had a disastrous home birth where there was a delay in getting the mother to the hospital the mother needed a hysterectomy to control her bleeding and the child was born and now has developmental delays. If I made a video of this, would that be an honest, responsible way to portray the entire home birthing/midwifery system? No way.
I have one huge problem with this whole lecture. It’s absolutely shameful that this lady isn’t available to teach every single medical professional in the world. I’m in awe of her brilliance and way of drawing in her students. I have never been more drawn to a lecture in all my years of training and practice. Hats off doc! YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
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I fully support midwifery, but in all fairness to the doctors out there, my experience with both my babies (one family doctor and 2 OB/GYNs) was much more like the midwife experience given in this video. It wasn’t exactly like either experience, but I don’t remember having long waits, and I do remember having a decent amount of time to talk with my doctor. And I know we talked a lot about all those things you mentioned throughout my pregnancies.
I agree…. but if you’re “not the norm”, I’d want to make certain that a physician was closely available. I would also hope that I would have at least had the opportunity to meet this person (whose schedule is most often emergently dictated) beforehand. And yes, midwives and other “mid level providers” are the ones best qualified to provide “routine” care for families during this pre and post natal time.
Last night, my midwife talked to me all about bringing home a new baby to a dog and then after her story apologized for taking up MY time. Can you imagine an OB doing this? Certainly not! I love midwives:-)
I would have to say I agree with the sentiment of this video, while my experiences weren’t *exactly* the same, it was pretty close. The first appointment I had was with an OB, and it was my last. She was cold, unfriendly, rude, and seemed inconvenienced by the fact that I had an appointment. My midwife was extremely friendly, sweet, and gentle. She invited me to start the conversations and never pressured me to do something I didn’t want to. If I have another child, I will be using a midwife.
Sir I have 6 month old baby. now my wife again pregnancy around 3 month without plan. what should I do weather I keep continue or aversion? Plz suggest me
Jennifer Fargar I think your comments are discriminatory against Bluegrass, which is NOT the music of the poor and uneducated, but a sub-genre of Country music classified as “American Roots.” I think it is perfectly appropriate, considering that Mid-Wifery is about Women getting back to the root of who they are and what the birth process is really about.
I feel the exact same. I went through multiple OB’s with my first baby and finally found midwives. Second time around, went straight to midwifery care! Learned my lesson the first time:)
I know someone personally who slipped through the program without seeing an actual birth! This video is no joke! Now if you choose to not believe this then that’s fine but I’m not lying to you.
Some maternity clinics schedule the MD for a pt every 7 min! The midwives get 15min, either way there is so little time for questions….especially if they have their hands on the door handle!
I’m 18 and I’ve been educating myself on this as I plan on having kids in the future and my goodness what a great, informative presentation, thank you so much
Something I really love about the field of OB/GYN is that as a practitioner, I will be able follow patients from before their pregnancy and long after functioning in the role of primary care provider, gynecologist, obstetrician, and surgeon. There are very few other specialties that provide this level of continuity of care, which is why I’m pursuing this specialty. Sometimes labor can become complicated very quickly, and I think it’s nice to not be handed over to a stranger in a moment of high stress. That said, as a patient, I see a midwife. Not because I think one is better than the other, but because I think it’s useful to my education. It really bothers me to see so much negativity surrounding both fields. Each option has plusses and minuses, there are bad eggs and gems in each camp, and people should be free to pick the option that is right for them without judgement.
Wonderful! definitely re-affirms me decision the receive care from midwives for both of my pregnancies so far, and hoping to attend school to become a midwife.
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Unless there are complications,such as a breech birth,excessive bleeding,an infection,premature or severely underweight birth,either the mother or the baby suffering cardiac arrhythmia or arrest,or any other number of other issues that can threaten the life of a birth mother and an infant.So not always the best.Hence the decline of mid-wifery.
My observation is that 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 70 years ago, hospitals outweighed midwives in quality and health. It’s just lately, in the last 10 years that prices have skyrocketed and quality gone down as far as it has.
You’re not picking “awesome midwife” over “awesome midwife”, you’re picking “somebody that speaks to you” over “somebody with waaaay too much to do, not enough time, and too many weird kinks in the system.” Therefore, the better quality, currently.
Truth to a great degree but SAD that midwife uses doppler! Ask her to use her stethoscope! You all can hear baby that way and no ultrasound put on mamabb! In peace, c
Just wish you had chosen different music for the midwife segmentthat banjo gives a backwoods feeling and in a subtle way perpetuates the stereotype of midwifery care as a choice for the uneducated poor. When the truth is those of us who choose it do so BECAUSE we are educated. (I had a homebirth with a midwife 8 years ago and would never ever choose hospital birth over the loving, attentive care of my beloved midwife.)
20 years ago, Midwives had nothing that OBG/YN didn’t have, and weren’t a good “risk”.
Now, however, Midwives have 2 things that, unfortunately, OBG/YNs currently lack: budget options and people skills.
So… if you’re a woman on a budget who will likely have a a “healthy” kid, you’re more likely to risk a Midwife now than you would 20 years ago because Med Care costs are just. that. high.
A good “fix” is fix the OBG/YN system, not “have more home births”.
@gothnsincity yes, i know. that’s all i’m saying. some women get too anti-hospital so i am just saying, let us not forget who saves our life in those situations when the midwife is rendered helpless.
#2and the other 45% is simply opinionwhich everyone is entitled to. i couldn’t remain silent w/ your LUDACRIS statement because this is how false information gets spread. Just how pray-tell do you figure that ANY OBGYN is ALLOWED to graduate from a 4 year residency program without “[seeing] an actual birth take place”?? WHAT?! Without PERFORMING literally HUNDREDS upon HUNDREDS of births? *both vaginal and cesarean btw. *sigh* SMH Honestly you don’t walk around believing that do you?
In 1900,women only outlived men by a year on average,death by complications suffered during childbirth being the primary cause of the high mortality rate.In the year 2000,women outlive men by eight to ten years on average,complications suffered during childbirth a factor in the mortality rate only under exceptional circumstances.Doctors and hospitals may not always offer the personal touch,but there’s a reason why midwifery fell out of favour.
While the wait time with my OB was about the same as is shown in the video, it was not unusual for her to spend 30-45 minutes talking with me. At one point I had a specific question she didn’t know the answer to and instead of just giving me the easy answer (no) she went and got her computer to look at the medical research… right there in the appointment… and wound up with a different answer yes. The good OB’s are out there, they just take some looking for.
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A friend of mine personally was sad saying that she felt robbed from giving a natural childbirth since the Doctor gave her pitocin to rush her delivery, plus it was very painful so had to get a cesarian. A lot of doctors these days don’t care, all they are about is the money and how many babies they can deliver in a quick manner.
I don’t think this video is trying to bash anyone. This video showed how much support and cared she got with the MW as opposed to the typical OBGYN where the DR makes his famous appearance for a few min then bye bye. It’s just stating facts that in most hospitals you are looked as either a way to make money or if you don’t have insurance, good luck with your medical care, Not as patient but a client just for money, time is money so off you go even if you need to be induced or have a c section.
The main reason that the C/S rate is high is because of litigation, not because OB/GYN’s don’t like vaginal delivery. No doctor has been sued for doing a C/S too soon, but there have been plenty that have for waiting too long. Wrong or right, that is the way it is.
All I have to say is that my wife would’ve died if not for the care of a physician in a hospital with a trained operating staff on hand. I’m glad that so many people are thrilled with their midwives, but it’s not for everyone. It’s not for me.
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Rush rush rush, which is why there are so many mistakes in hospitals and more babies are lost while in the care of a OBGYN then a midwife. Most OBGYN have never seen an actual birth take place while doing their residency so go figure. I’m not saying we don’t need OBGYN especially for life and death complications but do not compare a hospital against one woman. They can stand to learn a few things from midwives as well that’s for sure.
@4411baby How is that possible?! This video PROVES that midwifes are SOOO much better than OBGYNs! You must be mistaken. I’d check the credentials, because OBGYN’s are taught in residency to be cold, cruel, and only willing to slash open your uterus with a blade.
Normally I do not comment on these videos…but the ill informed person talking about OB/GYN’s not seeing a delivery is laughable. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, and this is garbage. Now are some doctors better than others? Yes, just like midwifes. This video doesn’t explain why she waited for an hour…maybe her doctor was doing a delivery at the hospital.
So who do you want present when you need an emergency C-section? Places in the world for all levels of care providers…. Coming from a nurse married to a physician.
This is just one of the [many] reasons I chose to work with an Midwife. Oh, and for people worrying about whether they’re safe. She totally put my husbands fears to rest, and yeah, he’s an MD. 😉
ok…so. as i’m reading the 50% complete and total incorrect nonsense typed down here in the comments of this video, not to mention the completely misleading nature of the associated video (not saying the times or anything is untrue..just TOTALLY MISLEADING. for example if you have NO questions,obtain NO tests, and come alone vs. have all your 28wk labs done, ask all the questions of pregnancy/induction/delivery and bring familyguess what? those are going to be drastically different appt times
midwifes are great. but when there’s a life and death situation, the hospital saves you and your babies life (i.e. profuse bleeding, preterm baby needing oxygen, preclampsia, etc. etc.)
Don’t get too jealous. I went to an OB/GYN for possible fibroids After a long wait, she didn’t want to talk about natural methods, suggested I get a hysterectomy, then despite letting her know I had a prior history of severe side effects on birth control pills suggested I go on a “safe” one called Yasmin. During the time I was there, I heard 3 elective ceseareans get scheduled, & a nurse said “I love how she can manipulate the moms”. I cancelled the exploratory surgery the next day.
Thank you for bringing back pleasant memories of when I saw a midwife. Although I don’t have a basis for comparison like you do, I did have a friend who opted for a midwife for her second pregnancy and she shared with me the differences. Like you, with the OB/GYN it was long wait times, short visit, discouragement from asking questions, and in the case of Gestational Diabetes test, the doctor insisted on her swallowing something; whereas the midwife it was a needle test.
I had such a lousy experience with my first pregnancy, including how the doctor handled the miscarriage, that my husband reassured me no matter how much it cost, the next pregnancy we’d hire a midwife. The second pregnancy went much better and we didn’t regret the $3,200 we spent. I joined a lobby group to get midwives covered by Alberta Healthcare and we succeeded.
I am an OB/GYN. I try not to make my patients wait for me, but sometimes it is unavoidable. Nurse midwifes are an excellent birthing option, I get to work with one frequently…but she has practice limitations, and she knows it. That’s one of the things that makes her good. Midwifes should always have a OB/GYN backup for emergencies, and emergencies happen more frequently than most think. Good outcomes are now more likely because of fetal monitoring and prudent decision making.
An emergency C section is not the norm. Midwives are qualified to know when a C-section is needed and refer to to a physician accordingly. Physicians are best placed at a C-section as they are qualified for this circumstance. Normal pregnancies and births should be left to those best placed and qualified to care for the woman and baby the midwives.
There’s no comparison. Midwives have intensive training in normal birth and are trained to handle complications in a calm manner, many time without hospital intervention. A midwife has the skill and knowledge to send you to the hospital if you indeed need to go. They take care of you from the time you find out you’re pregnant all the way through postpartum and they have all sorts of knowledge on things like avoiding postpartum depression, etc. The midwife truly cares about her clients, and treats each family with compassion. OB’s have very little to no training in normal birth and what they are taught in their medical training is complete garbage. Women are encouraged to take poisonous drugs, are hooked to monitors and IV’s so they can’t move around, and put on their back, the worst position possible, for delivery. And many times, if you tell them “no”, they try to bully you into whatever they want to do. Usually, it’s for their convenience. Rarely is it for the welfare of the mother and baby. They are trained for one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to use as many unnecessary procedures as possible, with the ultimate goal being a c-section. Reason being, hospitals are huge corporations and they don’t care about their patients, they only care about their bank accounts. So the more stuff they do to you, the more they can charge. And worst of all, they use fear mongering to get perfectly healthy people in, who don’t need to be in there. Once again, there is no comparison. Give me a midwife!
I went through the exact same thing! I hated going to the clinic and waiting for the doctor. The smell of alcohol, being intimidated by the lab coat, feeling like another lab rat and not being taken seriously. I switched to a midwife and got the care I deserved.
Your body, your choice. Although you don’t get paid for it, motherhood is a job. Do you want to start your job feeling diminished, disrespected and like your opinion doesn’t matter or do you want to start it with someone who will help you feel empowered, respected and like your opinion is valid?
Lost how?! Like misplaced or died? If you are talking about fetal death & total numbers then probably yes. Many more people have OB/GYN deliver their child, especially if it is a high risk pregnancy, so numerically there will be more deaths. Now if you are talking about percentages, then I’d would say that this is incorrect and would like the see data to back up that claim.
It’s clear Dr. Aziz loves her job and loves helping families and their babies from day one in the womb. What could be more rewarding than to hear the baby’s heartbeat! Very comprehensive presentation, thank you!
Exactly my experience as well! I seen a obgyn until 13weeks and it was awful. I spent more time with the midwife in one visit than I did the ob in 5! I will ONLY see midwives now
The very point is amount of time and interaction with the care provider. It’s not only about Bp, weight, and FHR; it’s about the whole woman. Again, pregnancy is not an illness, it is a life event.
Correctmy midwife delivered my son in a hospital and I had an epidural per my request. They can pretty much do everything an OBGYN can do, except for some reason they seem to do it better:)
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Everyone who works in a labor and delivery unit in an American hospital should be required to take midwifery. Doctors should attend to the highest risk patients, i.e. those who need a c-section. Everything else should be left to midwives, who are many times more knowledgeable and better equipped to handle complications in normal birth situations. This is the way it is done in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and other places. And guess whattheir infant mortality rates are much lower. United States hospitals have one of, if not the highest infant mortality rates of any first world country. The United States also has the highest doctor error rate of any first world nation. Americans pay twice as much for healthcare as anywhere else in the world, and yet get half the service. Doctors who “specialize” in practicing as OB/GYNs are not required any further training after med school, unlike any other specialty, so they have little to no knowledge of sound birth practices. With all this stacked up against the American medical system, who would want to have a baby in an American hospital anyway? It is wonderful to see women post their videos on their hospital vs home birth experiences. Americans are slowly starting to wake up and take stock of how dangerous birth practices are in American hospitals with all of the unnecessary procedures, poisonous drugs and bullying. Water birth and hypno birth are becoming more commonplace, and women are slowly starting to have faith in their own bodies rather than a crackpot medical system that cares nothing for the patients, but everything for increasing profits. Americans women are slowly taking back birth. It has been a long process, but I believe that it will eventually succeed, and we will no longer have any use for hospitals except for under the most extreme of circumstances. May that day come speedily.
@DreamfinderFig And if an abruption started, the midwife would know to transport. My midwife transported my sister for preeclampsia. I trust her judgment, and she knows when it’s out of her skill range. We’re 7 minutes from a hospital, and the midwife has skills to help make that transport happen more safely. But placental abruption in labor is RARE when you don’t have a lot of pitocin on board. Not impossible, but rare.
I’m not missing the point,it’s just that saying that using the U.S. healthcare system is a bankruptcy inducing nightmare for most Americans is stating the obvious,like saying “Fire is hot” or “Water is wet.”
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This is what I experienced as well! Throughout my 4 pregnancies, I’ve seen 3 OBGYNs and one midwife. Even with the best OBGYN, he still didn’t spend enough time with me to know that I preferred to be called Kim instead of Kimberly.
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When it comes to appointments, this video is pretty much completely accurate! Whether or not you think OB’s or Midwives are better in other ways is beyond the scope of the video, but, my friend had an OB and ended up with interventions that lead to Csection. Her second birth she got a hospital midwife with good stats and had a completely natural labor without even meaning to. She said her experience was so different, and better, with her midwife.
great video, thank you, I am also documenting the differences in my experiences, this was actually mild compared to what I have been through with the nurses (because a doctor has never actually even touched me through 6 appointments at the OBGYN’s and an ultra sound for breast cancer). I believe the stress factor plays a huge role in the outcome of the birthing process. And for those that worry… even midwives have an OB on backup JUST IN CASE! We aren’t dumb enough to not praise OBs for what they are trained to do, which is operate when necessary. Thank you again.
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On the other hand, the midwife I work with had a pt in the hospital that had fetal bradycardia, I took her for a emergent C/S and we all had a good outcome. A good outcome is the whole point of this discussion!
I have to say, you stating “When the truth is those of us who choose it do so BECAUSE we are educated” is very stand offish and rude. Im sure that not what you mean’t however it give thin impression that you think people who have a hospital birth are uneducated which is exactly what you don’t like other implying about your choice.
Folic acidwill cause you breast cancer and damage your baby. Then go and have unnecessary ultra sounds spree, do not forget 4D, have fun and upload it on youtube. Stop when you notice that your babies brains boling.
The doctors will induce labour and send you for several days to hell. When baby born they will inject synthetic Vitamin K cocktail with aluminum just to give your baby yellow colour tan and destroy liver. If baby still alive they will inject with first vaccines and they give the name for your baby Colic.
After, midwife will advice to give your baby Vitamin D3 drops, do not worry your baby is bigger than the rats it will survive. Then will tell you keep your baby sleep on its back, just to keep them awake and to cry more. You husband is preparing to file for divorce, and you are thinking be a single was much more fun. They will advice not to expose your baby to the sun. To improve your child health its a really bad idea when they worked so hard. After you get last shots sell your house because your child will need lots of care. Happy motherhood and follow doctors advice these sociopath (most of them) trained to help you and guide you. Because most of us are really idiots.
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No one is saying anything against regular doctors. Doctors are there to handle the high risk pregnancies while the midwives are able to guide the low risk pregnancies. As long as their aren’t any looming risks to a pregnancy, a woman should be able to deliver her baby naturally which is beneficial to their biological relationship in the long run.
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I’d spent about two years helping my mother through her cancer, in and out of hospital. I was pregnant, not ill home birth was the best way to welcome him, with family and friends. The midwife helping me through the 12 or so hours before the birth, where she ‘caught’ my son. The good doctor then took over to sew me up, because my 10lb.-1oz. boy tore me coming out, but we were both too busy learning how to nurse to notice much of the stitching. Besides, I was in love!
Haha, I talk about this all the time, the huge difference. I would wait 1.5 hours to see my doctor, see her for 5 minutes or less, she would sigh with exasperation when I asked questions, was bored by my excitement (first baby). I once told her I was having migraines so she hastily wrote a prescription for some drug, handed it to me and rushed me out the door without explaining what the drug was, side effects, nothing… Then I would go to my midwife at the birthing center, I would not wait at all, she would be there waiting for me even when I was early, and then she would take tests and talk to me and help me with my mental AND physical health for an HOUR. These women are amazing, with the doctors I felt like I was bothering them by coming to see them…. I always recommend people get a midwife for their birth.
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Candace, you are right! I do believe that most people who give birth in a hospital are uneducated about the process. Not implying there are some women who do some research and still decide, for whatever reason, they want to birth in a hospital. But you & I both know most women do not do any research. They assume the hospital is the safest place to be and blindly trust their doctors to take care of them and believe that “it won’t happen to me.”
And a husband had a disastrous hospital birth experience. His wife was killed by an epidural. Also, there have been women who have had disastrous hospital birth experiences and wound up needing a hysterectomy. Birthing regardless of location and care provider can ended in tragedy.
Going to my Male PC Doctor for gyno exams makes me want to kill myself, but he doesn’t care & he is insisting & pressuring me to also let him do the exam eventhough I go to a female gyno specialist for yearly pap exams & I have never had any problems. I’m starting to hate my doctor. I’m thinking of dropping my expensive/crappy insurance & never seeing another doctor again! If I die early of something, so be it! I live in Central TX, in the USA.
Let it be noted that there are Nurse Midwives (RNs) and non-nurse Midwifes, so education levels are very different. I would echo the comments made by another that not all OBGYNs provide the level of care noted in this video. My OBGYN was wonderful, caring and timely. With that being said, I do feel that it is important to educate yourself and know what you want. Find a doctor who meets your needs. Also, there are hospitals that have midwives, perhaps not as many as we would like, but it is growing! Doulas are also a wonderful! After two unmedicated hospital
births, I was happy with birthing at the hospital. Howeverit’s after the birth that isn’t so great. You are a prisoner. For that reason, if we should have anymore children, I will likely choose to birth at home or a birthing center.
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A midwife also does not have to be used in the case of a home birth, am I correct? They can also deliver in hospitals and even order an epidural. I thought that a midwife didn’t have to be specific to a home, natural, unmediated birth.
that was true to me!!!! I understand that doctors are important for complications in pregnancy… but normal pregnancy… MIDWIVES ROCK!!!!
So true! Sometimes with the OB it wasnt even worth sitting down.
With my homebirth MW we could be chatting an hour later maybe about birth, or maybe about other stuff.
Its so important to have that rapport, sense of safety and no power imbalance. Makes it much easier to have that person peering up your bum and to trust them when you’re most vulnerable.
I’d only have a female birth worker now. Unless I needed medical help, in which case i wouldnt care.
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You’re so needy! Must not have many frinds and feel lonely since you like hugs so much:( Some girls like me prefer OB’s, done and gone.. Maybe because some of us have busier life and dont care about getting strangers hugs lol
Yep! That was my experience! I’m in Canada both OB and midwife are covered by our healthcare. I was lucky enough to get accepted by a midwife! They have big waiting lists I was on 4 and so glad one had opening and I switched right away.
This brings up the last point before I get off my soapbox. Home births are a bad idea for both the midwife and mother/baby (i.e. Caroline Lovell death). One example I experenced in residency, a midwife labored a patient at home. Baby developed a dystocia and died. The baby was finally removed by the midwife, and mom began to bleed out due to uterine atony…she didn’t have any pitocin etc. to help stop it…she arrived via ambalance with 2/3 of her blood lost. Thankfully we saved her.
Haha, my sister’s midwife sent her a link to you video and she then shared it with me. I replied back and told her I’d been watching you for years and had already seen it!:) Just though you’d want to know it’s getting around in the midwife community. Good job!
My hubby is a pediatricianwe’ve used both a midwife and an OBand I can say I’ve enjoyed both. I did like the care leading up to the birth with a midwifebut I’ve loved my OB experience too. Having a baby that had to spend some time in the NICU, I have to say I’ll stick with the OB for the future. But both have great attributes. I don’t find it helpful to bash eitherboth are great options.
This is correct, a midwife will better help you get through L&D naturally, but that doesn’t mean that you are closed off from other options when necessary or wanted.:)
@disagreablesobMidwifery fell out of favor because hospitals made it illegal, you idiot. It was all about the corporations called hospitals driving out the small business owners, called midwives. It had everything to do with profit. It had noting to do with “safety”.
“There’s a reason midwives fell out of favor”
Yes, and it was MONEY, not safety. In countries where women have a choice of hospital or homebirth attended by well-trained midwives, and where surgeons (OB/GYN) are only called in when needed, the outcomes are significantly better than in the US. The obscenely high rates of surgical birth in this country are (or at least ought to be) an embarrassment to the medical profession.
@ajdewdrop Of course they are trained so, but not every midwife is the same, just like not every OBGYN is the same. A woman in my community I lived in 10 years ago had a disastrous home birth where there was a delay in getting the mother to the hospital the mother needed a hysterectomy to control her bleeding and the child was born and now has developmental delays. If I made a video of this, would that be an honest, responsible way to portray the entire home birthing/midwifery system? No way.
I have one huge problem with this whole lecture. It’s absolutely shameful that this lady isn’t available to teach every single medical professional in the world. I’m in awe of her brilliance and way of drawing in her students. I have never been more drawn to a lecture in all my years of training and practice. Hats off doc!
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I fully support midwifery, but in all fairness to the doctors out there, my experience with both my babies (one family doctor and 2 OB/GYNs) was much more like the midwife experience given in this video. It wasn’t exactly like either experience, but I don’t remember having long waits, and I do remember having a decent amount of time to talk with my doctor. And I know we talked a lot about all those things you mentioned throughout my pregnancies.
I agree…. but if you’re “not the norm”, I’d want to make certain that a physician was closely available. I would also hope that I would have at least had the opportunity to meet this person (whose schedule is most often emergently dictated) beforehand. And yes, midwives and other “mid level providers” are the ones best qualified to provide “routine” care for families during this pre and post natal time.
Last night, my midwife talked to me all about bringing home a new baby to a dog and then after her story apologized for taking up MY time. Can you imagine an OB doing this? Certainly not! I love midwives:-)
I would have to say I agree with the sentiment of this video, while my experiences weren’t *exactly* the same, it was pretty close. The first appointment I had was with an OB, and it was my last. She was cold, unfriendly, rude, and seemed inconvenienced by the fact that I had an appointment. My midwife was extremely friendly, sweet, and gentle. She invited me to start the conversations and never pressured me to do something I didn’t want to. If I have another child, I will be using a midwife.
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Jennifer Fargar I think your comments are discriminatory against Bluegrass, which is NOT the music of the poor and uneducated, but a sub-genre of Country music classified as “American Roots.” I think it is perfectly appropriate, considering that Mid-Wifery is about Women getting back to the root of who they are and what the birth process is really about.
I feel the exact same. I went through multiple OB’s with my first baby and finally found midwives. Second time around, went straight to midwifery care! Learned my lesson the first time:)
@vantarinitel “My observation is that 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 70 years ago, hospitals outweighed midwives in quality and health.”
What? That is absolute NONSENSE!!!! You clearly don’t know much about the history of midwifery and childbirth.
I know someone personally who slipped through the program without seeing an actual birth!
This video is no joke! Now if you choose to not believe this then that’s fine but I’m not lying to you.
Some maternity clinics schedule the MD for a pt every 7 min! The midwives get 15min, either way there is so little time for questions….especially if they have their hands on the door handle!
I’m 18 and I’ve been educating myself on this as I plan on having kids in the future and my goodness what a great, informative presentation, thank you so much
Something I really love about the field of OB/GYN is that as a practitioner, I will be able follow patients from before their pregnancy and long after functioning in the role of primary care provider, gynecologist, obstetrician, and surgeon. There are very few other specialties that provide this level of continuity of care, which is why I’m pursuing this specialty. Sometimes labor can become complicated very quickly, and I think it’s nice to not be handed over to a stranger in a moment of high stress. That said, as a patient, I see a midwife. Not because I think one is better than the other, but because I think it’s useful to my education. It really bothers me to see so much negativity surrounding both fields. Each option has plusses and minuses, there are bad eggs and gems in each camp, and people should be free to pick the option that is right for them without judgement.
Ina May Gaskin is an American midwife. It’s not inconceivable for a midwife from a different continent to assist at 500 births a year.
Wonderful! definitely re-affirms me decision the receive care from midwives for both of my pregnancies so far, and hoping to attend school to become a midwife.
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Unless there are complications,such as a breech birth,excessive bleeding,an infection,premature or severely underweight birth,either the mother or the baby suffering cardiac arrhythmia or arrest,or any other number of other issues that can threaten the life of a birth mother and an infant.So not always the best.Hence the decline of mid-wifery.
My observation is that 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 70 years ago, hospitals outweighed midwives in quality and health. It’s just lately, in the last 10 years that prices have skyrocketed and quality gone down as far as it has.
You’re not picking “awesome midwife” over “awesome midwife”, you’re picking “somebody that speaks to you” over “somebody with waaaay too much to do, not enough time, and too many weird kinks in the system.” Therefore, the better quality, currently.
Truth to a great degree but SAD that midwife uses doppler! Ask her to use her stethoscope! You all can hear baby that way and no ultrasound put on mamabb! In peace, c
Just wish you had chosen different music for the midwife segmentthat banjo gives a backwoods feeling and in a subtle way perpetuates the stereotype of midwifery care as a choice for the uneducated poor. When the truth is those of us who choose it do so BECAUSE we are educated. (I had a homebirth with a midwife 8 years ago and would never ever choose hospital birth over the loving, attentive care of my beloved midwife.)
You’re missing the point:
20 years ago, Midwives had nothing that OBG/YN didn’t have, and weren’t a good “risk”.
Now, however, Midwives have 2 things that, unfortunately, OBG/YNs currently lack: budget options and people skills.
So… if you’re a woman on a budget who will likely have a a “healthy” kid, you’re more likely to risk a Midwife now than you would 20 years ago because Med Care costs are just. that. high.
A good “fix” is fix the OBG/YN system, not “have more home births”.
@gothnsincity yes, i know. that’s all i’m saying. some women get too anti-hospital so i am just saying, let us not forget who saves our life in those situations when the midwife is rendered helpless.
#2and the other 45% is simply opinionwhich everyone is entitled to. i couldn’t remain silent w/ your LUDACRIS statement because this is how false information gets spread. Just how pray-tell do you figure that ANY OBGYN is ALLOWED to graduate from a 4 year residency program without “[seeing] an actual birth take place”?? WHAT?! Without PERFORMING literally HUNDREDS upon HUNDREDS of births? *both vaginal and cesarean btw. *sigh* SMH Honestly you don’t walk around believing that do you?
In 1900,women only outlived men by a year on average,death by complications suffered during childbirth being the primary cause of the high mortality rate.In the year 2000,women outlive men by eight to ten years on average,complications suffered during childbirth a factor in the mortality rate only under exceptional circumstances.Doctors and hospitals may not always offer the personal touch,but there’s a reason why midwifery fell out of favour.
While the wait time with my OB was about the same as is shown in the video, it was not unusual for her to spend 30-45 minutes talking with me. At one point I had a specific question she didn’t know the answer to and instead of just giving me the easy answer (no) she went and got her computer to look at the medical research… right there in the appointment… and wound up with a different answer yes. The good OB’s are out there, they just take some looking for.
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A friend of mine personally was sad saying that she felt robbed from giving a natural childbirth since the Doctor gave her pitocin to rush her delivery, plus it was very painful so had to get a cesarian. A lot of doctors these days don’t care, all they are about is the money and how many babies they can deliver in a quick manner.
I don’t think this video is trying to bash anyone. This video showed how much support and cared she got with the MW as opposed to the typical OBGYN where the DR makes his famous appearance for a few min then bye bye. It’s just stating facts that in most hospitals you are looked as either a way to make money or if you don’t have insurance, good luck with your medical care, Not as patient but a client just for money, time is money so off you go even if you need to be induced or have a c section.
The main reason that the C/S rate is high is because of litigation, not because OB/GYN’s don’t like vaginal delivery. No doctor has been sued for doing a C/S too soon, but there have been plenty that have for waiting too long. Wrong or right, that is the way it is.
All I have to say is that my wife would’ve died if not for the care of a physician in a hospital with a trained operating staff on hand. I’m glad that so many people are thrilled with their midwives, but it’s not for everyone. It’s not for me.
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Rush rush rush, which is why there are so many mistakes in hospitals and more babies are lost while in the care of a OBGYN then a midwife. Most OBGYN have never seen an actual birth take place while doing their residency so go figure. I’m not saying we don’t need OBGYN especially for life and death complications but do not compare a hospital against one woman. They can stand to learn a few things from midwives as well that’s for sure.
@4411baby How is that possible?! This video PROVES that midwifes are SOOO much better than OBGYNs! You must be mistaken. I’d check the credentials, because OBGYN’s are taught in residency to be cold, cruel, and only willing to slash open your uterus with a blade.
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Normally I do not comment on these videos…but the ill informed person talking about OB/GYN’s not seeing a delivery is laughable. Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, and this is garbage. Now are some doctors better than others? Yes, just like midwifes. This video doesn’t explain why she waited for an hour…maybe her doctor was doing a delivery at the hospital.
So who do you want present when you need an emergency C-section? Places in the world for all levels of care providers…. Coming from a nurse married to a physician.
This is just one of the [many] reasons I chose to work with an Midwife. Oh, and for people worrying about whether they’re safe. She totally put my husbands fears to rest, and yeah, he’s an MD. 😉
ok…so. as i’m reading the 50% complete and total incorrect nonsense typed down here in the comments of this video, not to mention the completely misleading nature of the associated video (not saying the times or anything is untrue..just TOTALLY MISLEADING. for example if you have NO questions,obtain NO tests, and come alone vs. have all your 28wk labs done, ask all the questions of pregnancy/induction/delivery and bring familyguess what? those are going to be drastically different appt times
midwifes are great. but when there’s a life and death situation, the hospital saves you and your babies life (i.e. profuse bleeding, preterm baby needing oxygen, preclampsia, etc. etc.)
Don’t get too jealous. I went to an OB/GYN for possible fibroids After a long wait, she didn’t want to talk about natural methods, suggested I get a hysterectomy, then despite letting her know I had a prior history of severe side effects on birth control pills suggested I go on a “safe” one called Yasmin. During the time I was there, I heard 3 elective ceseareans get scheduled, & a nurse said “I love how she can manipulate the moms”. I cancelled the exploratory surgery the next day.
Thank you for bringing back pleasant memories of when I saw a midwife. Although I don’t have a basis for comparison like you do, I did have a friend who opted for a midwife for her second pregnancy and she shared with me the differences. Like you, with the OB/GYN it was long wait times, short visit, discouragement from asking questions, and in the case of Gestational Diabetes test, the doctor insisted on her swallowing something; whereas the midwife it was a needle test.
I had such a lousy experience with my first pregnancy, including how the doctor handled the miscarriage, that my husband reassured me no matter how much it cost, the next pregnancy we’d hire a midwife. The second pregnancy went much better and we didn’t regret the $3,200 we spent. I joined a lobby group to get midwives covered by Alberta Healthcare and we succeeded.
I am an OB/GYN. I try not to make my patients wait for me, but sometimes it is unavoidable. Nurse midwifes are an excellent birthing option, I get to work with one frequently…but she has practice limitations, and she knows it. That’s one of the things that makes her good. Midwifes should always have a OB/GYN backup for emergencies, and emergencies happen more frequently than most think. Good outcomes are now more likely because of fetal monitoring and prudent decision making.
An emergency C section is not the norm. Midwives are qualified to know when a C-section is needed and refer to to a physician accordingly. Physicians are best placed at a C-section as they are qualified for this circumstance. Normal pregnancies and births should be left to those best placed and qualified to care for the woman and baby the midwives.
There’s no comparison. Midwives have intensive training in normal birth and are trained to handle complications in a calm manner, many time without hospital intervention. A midwife has the skill and knowledge to send you to the hospital if you indeed need to go. They take care of you from the time you find out you’re pregnant all the way through postpartum and they have all sorts of knowledge on things like avoiding postpartum depression, etc. The midwife truly cares about her clients, and treats each family with compassion. OB’s have very little to no training in normal birth and what they are taught in their medical training is complete garbage. Women are encouraged to take poisonous drugs, are hooked to monitors and IV’s so they can’t move around, and put on their back, the worst position possible, for delivery. And many times, if you tell them “no”, they try to bully you into whatever they want to do. Usually, it’s for their convenience. Rarely is it for the welfare of the mother and baby. They are trained for one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to use as many unnecessary procedures as possible, with the ultimate goal being a c-section. Reason being, hospitals are huge corporations and they don’t care about their patients, they only care about their bank accounts. So the more stuff they do to you, the more they can charge. And worst of all, they use fear mongering to get perfectly healthy people in, who don’t need to be in there. Once again, there is no comparison. Give me a midwife!
I went through the exact same thing! I hated going to the clinic and waiting for the doctor. The smell of alcohol, being intimidated by the lab coat, feeling like another lab rat and not being taken seriously. I switched to a midwife and got the care I deserved.
Your body, your choice. Although you don’t get paid for it, motherhood is a job. Do you want to start your job feeling diminished, disrespected and like your opinion doesn’t matter or do you want to start it with someone who will help you feel empowered, respected and like your opinion is valid?
Lost how?! Like misplaced or died? If you are talking about fetal death & total numbers then probably yes. Many more people have OB/GYN deliver their child, especially if it is a high risk pregnancy, so numerically there will be more deaths. Now if you are talking about percentages, then I’d would say that this is incorrect and would like the see data to back up that claim.
It’s clear Dr. Aziz loves her job and loves helping families and their babies from day one in the womb. What could be more rewarding than to hear the baby’s heartbeat! Very comprehensive presentation, thank you!
Exactly my experience as well! I seen a obgyn until 13weeks and it was awful. I spent more time with the midwife in one visit than I did the ob in 5! I will ONLY see midwives now
The very point is amount of time and interaction with the care provider. It’s not only about Bp, weight, and FHR; it’s about the whole woman. Again, pregnancy is not an illness, it is a life event.
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Correctmy midwife delivered my son in a hospital and I had an epidural per my request. They can pretty much do everything an OBGYN can do, except for some reason they seem to do it better:)
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Everyone who works in a labor and delivery unit in an American hospital should be required to take midwifery. Doctors should attend to the highest risk patients, i.e. those who need a c-section. Everything else should be left to midwives, who are many times more knowledgeable and better equipped to handle complications in normal birth situations. This is the way it is done in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and other places. And guess whattheir infant mortality rates are much lower. United States hospitals have one of, if not the highest infant mortality rates of any first world country. The United States also has the highest doctor error rate of any first world nation. Americans pay twice as much for healthcare as anywhere else in the world, and yet get half the service. Doctors who “specialize” in practicing as OB/GYNs are not required any further training after med school, unlike any other specialty, so they have little to no knowledge of sound birth practices. With all this stacked up against the American medical system, who would want to have a baby in an American hospital anyway? It is wonderful to see women post their videos on their hospital vs home birth experiences. Americans are slowly starting to wake up and take stock of how dangerous birth practices are in American hospitals with all of the unnecessary procedures, poisonous drugs and bullying. Water birth and hypno birth are becoming more commonplace, and women are slowly starting to have faith in their own bodies rather than a crackpot medical system that cares nothing for the patients, but everything for increasing profits. Americans women are slowly taking back birth. It has been a long process, but I believe that it will eventually succeed, and we will no longer have any use for hospitals except for under the most extreme of circumstances. May that day come speedily.
@DreamfinderFig And if an abruption started, the midwife would know to transport. My midwife transported my sister for preeclampsia. I trust her judgment, and she knows when it’s out of her skill range. We’re 7 minutes from a hospital, and the midwife has skills to help make that transport happen more safely. But placental abruption in labor is RARE when you don’t have a lot of pitocin on board. Not impossible, but rare.
I’m not missing the point,it’s just that saying that using the U.S. healthcare system is a bankruptcy inducing nightmare for most Americans is stating the obvious,like saying “Fire is hot” or “Water is wet.”
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This is what I experienced as well! Throughout my 4 pregnancies, I’ve seen 3 OBGYNs and one midwife. Even with the best OBGYN, he still didn’t spend enough time with me to know that I preferred to be called Kim instead of Kimberly.
@MalibuKittyCat If she (heaven forbid) gets a placental abruption and starts bleeding to death, maybe the midwife can hug it better.