Who needs a midwife

If you are looking for more natural options than can be found in the hospital, you may be considering home birth. Women who are medically low risk may want a home birth because:

• They want the Midwife Model of Care throughout pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
• They want close, personal and qualified prenatal care from an expert in normal birth.
• They want to have a trusting and personal relationship with their care giver.
• They want to be in charge of their birth options and decisions.
• They want to have the comfort of being in their own “nest” during birth, where they can eat and drink what they want and have the comforts of their own bed and bathroom, etc.
• They want the security of being able to allow others into their environment rather than have strangers tell them what they can and cannot do during labor.
• They want to be able to celebrate normal, natural birth with the friends and/or family members of their own choosing.