Comments on: Time For A “Second Class” of Midwives? http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/midwifery-year-in-review-time-for-a-second-class-of-midwives/ The weblog of Independent Childbirth Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sheridan http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/midwifery-year-in-review-time-for-a-second-class-of-midwives/#comment-399 Sheridan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:18:54 +0000 http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-399 Great point! There are certainly appropriate times to intervene, and that is why it is good to have a midwife who has that attitude. "we believe in birth and don’t feel the need to control it." Great point! There are certainly appropriate times to intervene, and that is why it is good to have a midwife who has that attitude.

“we believe in birth and don’t feel the need to control it.”

]]> By: Marlene http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/midwifery-year-in-review-time-for-a-second-class-of-midwives/#comment-394 Marlene Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:06:40 +0000 http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-394 Great post! I don't like the phrase, "non-intervention trained women" however because it sounds like we just stand there and watch babies die not intervening when a problem crops up. Indeed we are trained to recognize and nip complications in the bud, solving or transferring, before it turns into an emergency. The difference between the midwifery model and the medical model is not that we don't intervene, is that we don't intervene unnecessarily, because we believe in birth and don't feel the need to control it. Great post! I don’t like the phrase, “non-intervention trained women” however because it sounds like we just stand there and watch babies die not intervening when a problem crops up. Indeed we are trained to recognize and nip complications in the bud, solving or transferring, before it turns into an emergency. The difference between the midwifery model and the medical model is not that we don’t intervene, is that we don’t intervene unnecessarily, because we believe in birth and don’t feel the need to control it.

]]> By: talkbirth http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/midwifery-year-in-review-time-for-a-second-class-of-midwives/#comment-113 talkbirth Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:38:21 +0000 http://independentchildbirth.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-113 Great post! Molly Great post!

Molly

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