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[quote=Anonymous]Not the OP but when I was deciding midwife vs. OBGYN last yr, I also felt like the midwife credentials were "random." I know for a fact that they go through a defined program BS and masters with boards and clinicals along the way, so I don't mean that the credentials are made up. However, in this area I found a lot of midwives from schools like U. of Southern Kentucky or Minnetonka College that I had frankly never heard of and could not assess what kind of training they get over there. And then I found a lot of OBs in this area from the powerhouse med schools and residencies -- JHU; UCSF; Penn; Duke: Harvard etc. and frankly I understand what it takes to match into those residencies.

I realize and agree that education isn't everything and experience matters more but if it comes down to a UPenn trained MD with 20 yrs experience and great recommendations for bedside manner vs. a U. Southern Kentucky midwife with 20 yrs experience and great recommendations for bedside manner -- I'm sorry but I'm going with the MD. And frankly I think the OP should as well, at least for the first time. It's the same reason I think people should go to MDs for general physicals when they haven't had one in 20 yrs -- no matter how great that MD's NP or PA might be; at the end of the day if anything is wrong or concerning, the midwife, NP or PA will have to refer you to an MD anyway -- why not save yourself the stress esp. for your first GYN exam and cut out the middle man?[/quote]

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