Posts by starrlamia

Quote: Originally Posted by Alenushka  Stats are good but simple logic is too. Many complications are rare but if add up all of them, the chance of having one is not so low. 1-2% chance is high.   ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping  Are you positive about that? I hope to god you're wrong because I have two "friends" (on FB) who have gotten in, both on their first tries basically (by their on admissions) that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping  40% of women in Ontario who request a midwife don't get one, so that alone should indicate we need more midwives but there doesn't seem to be any interest for many to become one....

Quote: Originally Posted by Escaping  How many newborns would the average midwife deliver a year if they weren't limited or regulated? I don't know but midwives can do up to 60 births a year, plus the ones they...

Quote: Originally Posted by Buzzbuzz  "I fully believe that a woman should be able to plan an unassisted birth, knowing that if she needs additional help when labor rolls around, she can call on a midwife, and if she...

Quote: Originally Posted by mwherbs  I have a long time frIend who emagrated to Ontario. She was a self- study apprentice trained midwife who was licensed here and had lived in several other states and became licensed in...

I really don't think that high school education is necessary for training, nor is university necessarily the correct approach. But I do believe that regulation and ensuring a high level of education is important, in the sense that...

great post eabbmom!

I would bring up your issues with your midwives, perhaps it is a miscommunication? Unless medically necessary they cannot deny you a homebirth.   If you are uncomfortable with them are there other midwives in the practice that...

:S sorry, the USA seems to be the only country who doesn't use direct entry in the same way as the rest of the world. I was using the term in the sense of not needing a nursing degree. But that doesn't change that most European...