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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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NP who also delivered with Loudoun Community Midwives.  I, too, had a great experience with them.  I got an epidural with absolutely zero pushback from the midwife.  I delivered with them several years ago, and I just wanted to clarify from PP's post that I don't believe they are delivering at Inova Loudoun anymore.  I was informed that all deliveries are now handled at Stone Springs instead.

It is my understanding that, of all of the CNM practices in the area, GW is the only one who seems very strongly opposed to epidurals.[/quote]

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