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Examples
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The midwife's mistakes mean that Toby was not finally born until 20-25 minutes after he should have been, during which time his brain was starved of oxygen.
Foetus in distress but midwife failed to read the signals 2011
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We attended classes over six weeks in the evenings for an hour and a half in the midwife's house.
Middle class flock to private antenatal care as cuts bite 2011
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It could be to do with the sort of women who chose home birth, who tended to be white, slightly older, better educated and live in more affluent areas, the midwife's experience, problems in transferring to hospital in an emergency or something else entirely.
Women with low-risk pregnancies 'should have birth choices' 2011
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I love the citizen science motivation behind this doula/student midwife's project to photograph her cervix every day through one entire month: "to better understand my cycle and the changes in my cervix throughout the month."
Boing Boing 2009
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A midwife's role is not natural childbirth, a midwife's role is normal childbirth, and there's a great difference between the two.
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He was recommended to me by one of the UCSD midwives as a "midwife's doctor."
Abi Cotler O'Roarty: Why I'm Protesting For My Natural-Birth Friendly OB Abi Cotler O'Roarty 2010
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A central aspect of Dr. Biter's popularity seems to be his unique ability to incorporate much of the midwife's model of care (not the medical model), where birth is seen as a normal process.
Abi Cotler O'Roarty: Are Today's OBs Giving Women What They Really Want? 2010
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This prompted Barbara Herrera, local midwife and author of the blog, Navelgazing Midwife, to call him "an OB in midwife's clothing."
Abi Cotler O'Roarty: Are Today's OBs Giving Women What They Really Want? 2010
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Among the problems that can be simulated are not only disordered physiology and anatomy, but cramped environments and unusual social situations, such as delivering a baby whose mother doesn't speak the midwife's language.
Low-tech pregnancy device might help birth attendants reduce maternal mortality 2010
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Among the problems that can be simulated are not only disordered physiology and anatomy, but cramped environments and unusual social situations, such as delivering a baby whose mother doesn't speak the midwife's language.
Low-tech pregnancy device might help birth attendants reduce maternal mortality 2010
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