midwyfmomma, I think that if you believe the majority of mws are totally non-interventive and will sit back and allow a woman to birth completely on her own without the mw jumping in and "saving" her, I would like to offer a counter to that.
I consider myself a fairly non-interventive mw, yet I STILL struggle with my own provider distress and need to save. To say I didn't would be a lie.
Nearly all of the mws I encounter feel that UC birth is dangerous and have fear about that 5% of births that seems to always come up as a reason why a mw is necessary.
Not to debate mw vs UC, because I truly feel that this forum SHOULD be a safe space for women to gather and vent and share - but I really think that in an ideal world, I would love to see 95% of all normal births UC and have mws there for the 3% that are needed and the remaining two percent getting help from supportive hospital personnel. Imagine what a world that would be! Women birthing empowered and truly responsible for their choices! Whoa! Imagine the babies coming into not a stranger's hands, but the hands of the parents who made him/her!
The results would be an incredible move towards world peace. Without a doubt.
We are not as necessary as we would like to be. That's a fact. And, yes, I believe that there are still mws being trained that birth is inherently risky and that they are the true saviors. Perhaps we could start a thread on this in the Midwives forum.
I consider myself a fairly non-interventive mw, yet I STILL struggle with my own provider distress and need to save. To say I didn't would be a lie.
Nearly all of the mws I encounter feel that UC birth is dangerous and have fear about that 5% of births that seems to always come up as a reason why a mw is necessary.
Not to debate mw vs UC, because I truly feel that this forum SHOULD be a safe space for women to gather and vent and share - but I really think that in an ideal world, I would love to see 95% of all normal births UC and have mws there for the 3% that are needed and the remaining two percent getting help from supportive hospital personnel. Imagine what a world that would be! Women birthing empowered and truly responsible for their choices! Whoa! Imagine the babies coming into not a stranger's hands, but the hands of the parents who made him/her!
The results would be an incredible move towards world peace. Without a doubt.
We are not as necessary as we would like to be. That's a fact. And, yes, I believe that there are still mws being trained that birth is inherently risky and that they are the true saviors. Perhaps we could start a thread on this in the Midwives forum.
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