Midwifery Model of Care
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Giving birth should be your greatest achievement, not your greatest fear.
-Diana Korte
Midwives view pregnancy and birth as a normal, natural process, not a medical condition. The Midwives Model of Care was created with this idea in mind. The Midwives Model calls for informed decision making, respect for client rights, minimal use of technology and intervention for healthy, low-risk mothers and also to identify mothers that could benefit from a greater level of obstetrical care. Mothers with higher risk pregnancies should be referred to appropriate providers. This model of care has been proven to reduce birth injury, trauma and cesarean section rates, leading to healthier outcomes. In fact, the countries around the world that employ the Midwives Model of Care are those with the best outcomes for mothers and babies, including The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada. Click Here to read more about the Midwives Model of Care.
Midwives offer the very same testing (genetic screening, lab service, ultrasound, newborn screenings, etc.) as other obstetrical or pediatric providers. Licensed midwives in Washington State carry and can administer medications to control hemorrhage, antibiotics for treatment of GBS, and others. We suture when needed, can place IVs, and offer the same newborn procedures as doctors and hospitals routinely do.
Midwives offer the very same testing (genetic screening, lab service, ultrasound, newborn screenings, etc.) as other obstetrical or pediatric providers. Licensed midwives in Washington State carry and can administer medications to control hemorrhage, antibiotics for treatment of GBS, and others. We suture when needed, can place IVs, and offer the same newborn procedures as doctors and hospitals routinely do.
THE MANA STUDY - Click Here to Access the Full Study
The MANA study is the largest study completed to date, looking at the outcomes of almost 17,000 planned home births. This study not only backs up the safety of homebirth, it greatly increases the growing research proving the safety of PLANNED homebirths with TRAINED midwives in attendance. I participate in collecting MANA statistics, which will continue to provide evidence for studies.
THE BMJ STUDY - Click Here to Access the Full Study
The BMJ study completed in 2000 looked at approximately 5,500 low risk births attended by Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) in the United States and concluded that a planned home birth with a CPM in attendance was safe and carried less risk for intervention (episiotomy, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery, cesarean section, etc.).
The MANA study is the largest study completed to date, looking at the outcomes of almost 17,000 planned home births. This study not only backs up the safety of homebirth, it greatly increases the growing research proving the safety of PLANNED homebirths with TRAINED midwives in attendance. I participate in collecting MANA statistics, which will continue to provide evidence for studies.
THE BMJ STUDY - Click Here to Access the Full Study
The BMJ study completed in 2000 looked at approximately 5,500 low risk births attended by Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) in the United States and concluded that a planned home birth with a CPM in attendance was safe and carried less risk for intervention (episiotomy, vacuum extraction, forceps delivery, cesarean section, etc.).
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