Midwifery Care is Safe as well as supportive for mothers and babies according to the British Medical Journal.
For information on the safety of home birth and / or midwifery care visit http://cfmidwifery.org/Resources/item.aspx?ID=85 for a summary of the British Medical Journal's article on the safety of births attended by Certified Professional Midwives. This study shows that out-of-hospital birth is just as safe as hospital birth for low risk mothers when looking at infant mortality statistics.
What is even more interesting, this study shows that mothers had safer outcomes with less cesareans, less forcep delivery, less vacuum extractor deliveries, and fewer episiotomies. With current cesarean rates at an all time high at nearly a third of all births, midwifery care (shown to have less than 10% in cesarean births) is a safer alternative for the mother.
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Doula / Labor Support Care
For couples choosing to birth in the hospital, doula care can be provided to support the woman in her birth choices. Doula care begins with a prenatal appointment to discuss the woman's birth choices, provide information on preparing a birth plan, and define the doula's role. Doulas do not provide medical oversight but instead give information, support the woman in her chosen birth choices whether medicated or natural delivery, and provide hands-on care during labor and birth in the form of massage techniques, comfort measures to ease labor discomfort, techniques to facilitate progress, and encouragement for the parents. The doula is completely committed to the parents well-being. Visit ChildbirthConnection.org, http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ClickedLink=257&ck=10178&area=27 for more information on the importance of labor support. Our doula fee is $500.
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Licensed Midwives are Licensed by the South Carolina Department of Health.
SC Licensed Midwives may provide prenatal and delivery care to low risk women in South Carolina under Regulation 61-24, Regulations for Licensing Midwives , www.scdhec.gov/hr/licen/hrlicmw.htm . Most Licensed Midwives currently working in SC work in the home or out-of-hospital birth center areas using these regulations.
Certified Professional Midwife -- National Certification and The North American Registry of Midwives
The Certified Professional Midwife is legally recognized in about half of the states with on-going efforts in the remaining to bring the CPM process forth as a legally recognized process. Those wishing to work as a CPM, Certified Professional Midwife, in other states should investigate the licensing processes in those states to determine if the CPM is recognized there. www.narm.org
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