Midwife or Doctor?

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Trying to determine between a midwife and a doctor. The midwife clinic I am looking into does have several doctors as well, but I like the idea of something a bit more holistic. Anyone have an opinion either way?

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I went OB with my first and it was just ok but I am looking forward to the more customized care and holistic approach with my midwife. (Also going for a home birth this time)

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I would highly recommend Midwife. I used one with my first, she was a nurse midwife who trained under OBs before opening up her place. I have to go to OB now because I have had issues with al my births so far. The care is amazing though and they will support you however you want to give birth.

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Midwife all the way. They are always supported by or work with doctors so if you need one you have access

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I would absolutely LOVE to have a midwife instead of an ob/gyn, but I have previous complications from my previous births and I can only use a doctor.
I would go with a midwife if I had the choice though!

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A lot of the midwifery places have meet the midwife events. I went to one last night and was completely sold sold. One of the midwifes said something like the difference between a OB and a midwife is that an OB expects an emergency (so they do a lot of preventative interventions) whereas a midwife is prepared and ready for an emergency but expects a normal healthy birth (so they only use emergency measures once an emergency happens). If you don’t want a bunch of preventative stuff then a midwife is the way to go. For example: I don’t want to have a IV in the second I get there, unless I need it. I also don’t want continuous measuring of the baby’s heartbeat because it prevents me from being able to walk around (unless the baby is in danger) and I don’t want to have my baby laying on my back (I want help from gravity!). For those reasons I’m opting to see a midwife, they’re more focused on giving you the birth experience you want than an OB is.

Midwife or Doctor?

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