05/10/2023
It’s National Midwifery Week! 🎉🎉
As a pelvic PT and newly postpartum mom who chose midwives I’m excited to celebrate by sharing what I learned 😄
1️⃣ Midwives attend 12% of births in the US and offer exceptional personalized care for pregnant people in a variety of settings. They work in hospitals, birth centers, and home births meaning you can choose the situation that you feel most comfortable with!
2️⃣ Midwives are the OG birth providers 👏🏻 This means they have wisdom and experience that’s been passed down and I see that as a huge strength because…
3️⃣ They view pregnancy, labor, and birth as a NORMAL experience that you and your body are capable of 🙌🏻
They are less likely to offer unnecessary interventions which impair the birth process. This means better outcomes for the birthing person and baby!
4️⃣ Midwifery is a modern profession, governed by licensing bodies. This means that they have a rigorous training process.
It means that they offer all the safety precautions that you’d get from an OB for a low risk birth. Midwives can stitch you up, manage postpartum hemorrhage, and most importantly they know when it’s time to go to the hospital.
Personally, the care I’ve received from has been the most personalized, holistic 1:1 medical care that I have ever had. It was the first time I spent more than 10 minutes with my provider and didn’t feel rushed!
I loved being able to text and call my midwives when something came up (like puking 7 times over a holiday weekend) and going to weekly prenatal yoga classes led by my midwife
My midwives were there every step of the way as I labored for 4 days (that’s a story for another post 😅) and followed up with home visits which were such a relief in those early days!
In summary - midwives are an option to consider for prenatal care 👌🏻
If you are a midwife, thank you for your work 💗
