I took the plunge! Will see a midwife!

Kat wrote:


What an awesome thing for a doctor to say!!! My doctor (at a birth) told my
doula (while discussing options during the birth) that even after all of his
schooling and experience that doctors really don't know much of anything,
that pregnancy and childbirth are still very mcuh a mystery. I thought it
was awesome for a doctor to admit that. Granted he's very knowledgable, at
least as mcuh a person can be about pregnancy/child-birth.


I think this is true in just about any field--those
with the most knowledge are usually the quickest to admit
how much is unknown.

Best wishes,
Ericka

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:41:33 +0000 (UTC), (Hillary
Israeli) wrote:
but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual!
In ,
Vicky Bilaniuk wrote:

*...wondering if there will ever be a male version of the midwife, some day.

Um - isn't that just a man who is a midwife??

They *do* exist. At least they do in the UK. There are not many but
they *are* out there.

Megan
--
Seoras David Montgomery, 7 May 2003, 17 hours: sunrise to sunset (homebirth)

To e-mail use: megan at farr-montgomery dot com

Buzzy Bee wibbled
Hillary Israeli wrote:

*...wondering if there will ever be a male version of the midwife,
some day.

Um - isn't that just a man who is a midwife??

They *do* exist. At least they do in the UK. There are not many
but they *are* out there.

I was seen by one during the post-natal visits. Very nice chap, told me
all about his wife's BFing problems g, and he said they are actively
trying to encourage more men into the profession but that most patients
are visibly surprised to see them and that reaction puts students off.
:-( Don't see why, since there must be more male OBs than female out
there, thanks to history and circumstances. Why is a male midwife any
worse than a male OB? If there was ever a HFC#2 I would have no qualms
about a male midwife at any stage.

Jac

Vicky Bilaniuk wrote in message ...
Well I actually made an appointment with the local midwives' group! I'm
very excited about it. They sound totally willing to work with me and
to listen to me. Yay! :-) I made the appointment *now* (i.e. only
half way through the first trimester) because I read somewhere online
that Ontario midwives are usually fully booked, and that you should
schedule your first appointment as soon as you find out that you're
pregnant. As it turns out, I barely squeezed in (phew!).

You're lucky! I live about 30 min N of Toronto ON, and the local
midwife practice was full up and couldn't take me even though I called
them just **three days after my missed period**!!!

(Fortunately, after a week of panic, I found another relatively-nearby
midwifery practice able to fit me in, although their office and the
hospital where they have privileges is 50 min from our house. But, the
midwives there are really great)

So, word to the wise for any not-yet-pregnant Ontarioans who may be
reading this - if you want a midwife, do your HPTs earlier rather than
later and call the instant the second pink line appears :-P

I think it is SO cool that OHIP (Ontario's provincial health care
system) covers midwife care, though. That just blows my mind.

Congrats and good luck,

Pat