Midwife 411

When faced with having a baby, many women turn to midwives and doulas to assistant them. Parents TV's Anne Ebeling covers you all you need to know when looking for some hands-on help.

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• midwife
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• pregnancy
• expecting
• delivery

[KikyoChanXD]

I wanna be a midwife. :o

8 years of schooling, though... I don't think I could do it. :/

I'm only in high school and can't even fathom 4 years of college, nonetheless 8. -_-

[roxanne1941]

@DrSandmann Actually, you have to complete 4 years of nursing school. And also you have to be an apprentice after you complete that and 4 years of midwifery school. Lets see: 4+4+1=4+4+1

Wow. That looks exactly the same to me.

[reandruzzi]

@DrSandmann Why are you so cranky?

[DrSandmann]

@BackwardsHatToucan

Oh really?

OBs go through 4 years of medical school hell followed by 4 years of a grueling OBGYN residency, and perhaps even a year or two of specialty fellowship. Certified nurse midwives spend 2 years in nursing school and 2 to 3 years in a midwifery program.

And you expect us to believe that the only difference between the two is the ability to perform surgery?

Nice try.

[Bavmordaa]

doula

[BackwardsHatToucan]

@thedongerknowsall midwives can diagnose and treat every complication that a doctor can. the only thing they can't do is perform c-sections. they're just as experienced as an OB. a doctor in the room doesn't guarantee that you're safe either, maternal death rates in OB care are just as high (if not higher, since they perform more surgeries)

[konstantin523]

VERY BABY!!!

[RavenMidnight911]

I'm interested in becoming a CPM. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what is required and what kind of schooling is done in becoming that?

Thank you!

God Bless!

[reggie11953]

are you an idiot

[thedongerknowsall]

so what the hell do you do when there are complications? call a dr? why the hell are they not at the dr in the first place? so what the hell do they actually do? really. tell you your doing a good job until a problem occurs? wtf. that makes about as much sense as one of those dog whisperers. they have a word for these people already. its called a nanny. gimmick.