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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, to answer your other question, if you deliver in a hospital with a midwife practice, you will be able to have an epidural, just like with an OBGYN.

The midwife or the OBGYN doesn't administer the epidural, they will call in the anesthesiologist to do it.[/quote]

[i]Eh, not necessarily. Some midwife practices are very anti pain relief and will actively discourage and attempt to withhold it from you. [/quote]
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This isn't true at all. Stop fear mongering. [/quote]

oh, come on. I was with GWU midwives. I had a very positive experience with them. But they are EXTREMELY upfront about the fact that delivering with them is a commitment to not using epidurals, which is what most people think of when you say "pain relief." Do some of their patients get epidurals because it is determined by the midwives that it is the best course of action for that particular patient? Yes. But they will try every other pain relief option first and remind you that you wanted a drug-free delivery before calling in the anesthesiologist. [/quote]

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