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[quote=Anonymous]All this risking out talk is making me so, so glad I went to MCA with my first, and back again for my second.  I could easily meet Wisdom's health requirements (e.g., diet, exercise), except for the depression I had a while back, which I treated well with psychotherapy and meds.  Given how common depression is among women, refusing to see women with such a history is just absurd.  There's a world of difference between severe, treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and dysthymia or mild depression.

I also don't know that there's one single midwifery model of care, other than seeking to minimize interventions and an expertise in uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries.   Midwives can easily see women who think they want epidurals, but they would discuss the risks with them.  Moreover, most women who want epidurals wouldn't seek midwifery care to begin with.

But this dogma around diet, GD, psychiatric history, etc. isn't a midwife thing, it's a Wisdom thing--and probably more accurately still, a Whitney thing.  I'm sure she's a skilled, experienced midwife, but I also think she has a strong interest in keeping her stats where they are that has less to do with patient care than with maintaining a certain reputation and elitism within this community.  That doesn't make her a bad person, of course, but I think anyone who doesn't get that is missing the whole picture.[/quote]

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