I am very surprised to hear that only 10% of women would chose midwifery led care. i would have thought a woman would only chose an obstetrician if they wanted intervention. i think perhaps the midwife option is not as well known as it should be. with my first pregnancy i went ot a doctor to have her confirm that i was in fact pregnant and she straight away tried to find me an obstetrician. luckily i went to another doctor who told me of midwife led birth units. i never saw another doctor for that pregnancy. this time once again i am going with midwives (i have two independant midwives.).
i have been asked several times "who is your obstetrician?" by other women. it just seems to be a part of our culture to go straight to an ob. i do hope that this will change.