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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Midwifery Care Associates, if you’re in MD. [/quote]
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Tara in particular is so supportive of individual choice.

As for why go to a midwife if you want an epidural: they still can help minimize unnecessary interventions during L&D and often have a different approach during pregnancy that some women prefer. I am so grateful I was low risk enough for midwives-they were awesome.[/quote]

They're all great except Kelly who is a horrible person and you could end up with her. I wish she would leave. [/quote]

Aww I kind of like her.[/quote]

I'm the PP originally quoted, and am disappointed Kelly is still there.  When I had complications during my third pregnancy she was unprofessional bordering on incompetent.  I imagine she's fine if you have a complication-free pregnancy and want an unmedicated delivery above all else.  But if I were randomly to get pregnant again, I wouldn't see her for appointments and would book an induction with Tara.

And to the PP who said my other post was "rife with misinformation" and lectured me on what I "should" do: you don't actually get to tell me what I should do.  The fact is that obstetrics and midwifery have different models of training, care, and scopes of practice.  That translates to some generalizations which are, of course, just that.  And while it's true that we can't know which interventions were unnecessary, WHO and CDC have also made clear that there are too many interventions in modern obstetrics practice in the U.S.  At the same time, we know (thanks to ProPublica and NPR, among others), that women are not well cared for after pregnancy, often to their great detriment.  So while midwives aren't the end-all be-all, neither are OBs.  No one ever said as much.  But for those of us who are low risk, we're allowed to make choices in our providers based on those differences in training and models of care.  I don't love every midwife in the world, but I'm also glad I delivered with them.  As always, YMMV.[/quote]

I'm the PP who brought up Kelly and my main beef with her was something that turned out to not be a complication at all but she incorrectly brought it up and then went on to act kind of hysterical about it until another midwife was brought into the fold and basically told her to back down, nothing is wrong. This was not my first and I had been completely free of anxiety until all this drama manufactured by Kelly. She was also rude to me during my first pregnancy and even rude to my older child I brought to one of my appointments (who was doing nothing other than exisiting). Anyway, I've transferred out of the practice twice due to Kelly. [/quote]

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