Midwife in Puerto Rico

[kakies]

I am 6 wks pregnant and am looking for a midwife in Puerto Rico. People think that I'm crazy and I don't how to search for one.

Any suggestions?

[lisamarie]

I just copied this thread over to FYT. Hope someone can help!

Warmly~

Lisa:bf

[Equuskia]

I know this is an extremely old thread, but I think I found a midwife for Puerto Rico. Her name is Debbie Diaz Ortiz and her email is caribe[@]relacahupan.org Hope this helps!

[mommyto3girls]

When we last visited PR we met the midwife that delived my DH's father. However, she is now 104 and not delivering babies :)

[izaguirres]

Hi,

My name is Stephanie and I'm 9 weeks pregnant. Like the original poster, I'm also looking for a midwife. I contacted Debbie who was mentioned above (I found her independantly) and she seems great, although a bit far from me.

Anyway, I'm just wondering if there's anyone else around with homebirth/midwife experience in PR. I had my first visit with an OB last week. That, combined with my hospital experience here, has been rather depressing.

[mlsantarem]

I saw your thread and I was going to recommend you contacting the representive of relacahupan, Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Humanización del Parto y el Nacimiento www.relacahupan.org but you already have it is Debbie.

I also saw this site seem interesting don´t know it personally.
www.promani.org
La Fundación Puertorriqueña para la Protección de la Maternidad y la Niñez -PROMANI

They have a list of what appears to be natural birth friendly providers
good like
ML