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[quote=Anonymous]Ahh the midwife defenders are out in full force tonight on a thread requesting OB recommendations. WTF.

Yes being AMA makes you high risk. Literally I just asked this at Georgetown and one of the lead OBs said that alone means you are treated as high risk because AMA puts you at greater risk for a host of complications. Some of you treat this like a personal affront or a character flaw when it’s a medical reality. I’m AMA and I don’t take it personally, and you shouldn’t either. I choose to delay having kids and I have no one else to hold responsible for that but myself. Yes, being obese puts you at a much higher risk of a C section and other complications. Yes, IVF puts you at higher risk for certain complications. Doesn’t mean you’ll have them but that they are more likely.

A hospital based midwife having backup OBs doesn’t necessarily mean the OB gets called in when they should. Midwives and OBs can have different ideas, perspectives, risk thresholds, and ideas about when an OB should be alerted or if they should be brought in to a delivery at all. Collaboration is only great if everyone is singing from the same songbook. Midwifery students and medical students are currently taught from different songbooks. And there is plenty of evidence is available in the media and elsewhere that shows what happens when midwife/physician collaboration works poorly. You can also easily search the DC Superior Court cases for medical malpractice. Undisclosed settlements with NDAs mean the news never reports the stories from the affected families, but the cases are easily found if you search. [/quote]

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