Saturday, September 24, 2011

We are Growing ...................

Every month more and more women join our practice and chose to be cared for by Nurse Midwives - how exciting - woman are choosing with there feet to walk our way and we are delighted to serve them, to encourage them to be in control to make true choices.

One of the daily questions that make me laugh is can see a midwife if I want an epidural! The answer is of course YES. The midwifery model of care is not about the epidural, its about respecting women discussing the options open to them and supporting their choices. Believing in them encouraging them. Midwives are experts in normal birth its all we do day in day out - the midwife model of care is about providing evidence based care to women giving then the power and the control to make truly informed decisions about her care - nothing to do with herbs or kumbaya !