i got to say men that go into this profession are a breed of men that you would want around in the situation of birthing your baby there is a compassion as they have never felt what it is like ( i had one midwife tell me that i was making it hard on myself then starting comparing her birth to mine - to say the least i was not happy i also had a male midwife for part of my first labour and i could not fault him at all i actually felt more at ease being talked through some of the rough areas with him over some of the female miwives so yeah thumbs up here