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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the purpose of having a midwife over an OB if you're planning on having an epidural?[/quote]

+1 can a midwife even order an epidural or do they need sign off from an OB?[/quote]

Why does that matter?  There are various reasons, as I posted on the first page, why someone might choose a midwife even knowing they wanted an epidural.  Midwives have a lot more training typically in minimizing unnecessary interventions, even with epidurals (which I wouldn't consider unnecessary).  I delivered all three with midwives, one unmedicated, two with epidurals, and in all three cases appreciated them with with me the entire time I was pushing and as much as possible during labor itself, not to mention the close care I received through pregnancy and after. [b] Midwives are also more sensitive to things like pelvic floor health and mental health than most OBs. [/b] It's a different model of training; epidurals are only one small piece of the puzzle.[/quote]

I delivered with midwives, and my mental health was entirely ignored during pregnancy (I had severe anxiety - probably caused by pregnancy hormones - and I didn't know how to name it, but I brought up my fear every single appointment and NO ONE suggested counseling or meds), and then postpartum I had to literally cry in the waiting room of their office in order to be examined for excruciating pain at 5 MONTHS pp - I had been calling about it and kept getting told that I would heal "eventually" - I didn't, the scar tissue needed to be removed with silver nitrate. Now, later I had an OB tell me that the symptoms I was describing couldn't possibly be happening to me because I was "too young", so there is no perfect model of care. [I was in a different state, but I would never deliver with them again]

Basically, our health system in this country is designed to fail women. And it does. [/quote]

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