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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I delivered with Loudoun Community Midwives in Landsdowne where you have the option of a separate wing in the hospital if you want a natural birth.  You can also deliver in the regular L&D wing if you want or need anything intravenous or an epidural.

Re OB vs Midwife, an OB is a trained surgeon and a Midwife is trained in physiological birth.  Many OBs also support physiological birth and many Midwives are certified nurses who practice inside a hospital and may play a supportive role in the birth if you need to transfer to an OB for a surgical birth.

My experience with midwives have been they offer a superior level of personal care during the pregnancy.  Again, I'm sure there are OBs who take more time with their patients than the OBs I saw for a while during most of my first pregnancy.

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Your definition of OB sounds biased, sorry.

Certified nurse midwives are registered nurses with a master’s degree (two year program) in midwifery.

OBs are physicians who have a bachelor’s degree, and then done four years of medical school and four years of residency for a total of 12 years of training. They have medical and surgical training and can perform surgery. 
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