Midwife

The advantages of using a midwife are:

• You are comfortable in your home.
• It is quiet.
• The midwife behaves more like a friend.
• You can keep the lighting dim.

The advantages of using a doctor are:

• The doctor can handle births that go wrong, not just normal births.
• The doctor has access to an operating room to do an emergency C section.

I advocate merging the two to get the benefits of both. Add home-like birthing rooms to the hospital. If the midwife gets in trouble, a doctor with the full hospital facilities is right there to step in.

~ Roedy (1948-02-04 age:70)