For being such a crunchy state, our midwives here seem pretty medically minded/conservative, at least in comparison to what I hear from other women in other states, where midwives are much more open to things like VBACs, breech deliveries, letting moms go more than 2wks overdue without lots of testing/intervention. Is it mainly a legality/malpractice issue? I know midwives here are more regulated than in other states. Is the Seattle Midwifery School/Bastyr more medically minded than other midwifery programs? Are there midwives here (N. Seattle/Snohomish Co. area and/or near Cle Elum) that are more traditional-type midwives who aren't so overly-concerned about things like going past 42 weeks for a homebirth and incorporate more natural remedies/approaches rather than going straight to the IV abx for GBS, vit. K shot, etc. without question....