My first and foremost choice is midwifery supported homebirth. My second choice (if I had to have one!) would be a mid-led birth centre. And my options stop there!
If I was deemed (and proven to be!) high-risk I may consider birthing in a hospital with midwives, and my very last choice would be an Obs.
Obs are taking over normal healthy pregnancies and creating risks out of something often very,very safe. They should stick to their own clientele of (very) high-risk pregnancies and/or complications of pregnancy. They should decline taking on normal and healthy pregnancies and be honest with these women that they probably don't/wont need Ob support. Its a money-making, insurance claiming, women disempowering circus!
Midwifery led care for those 85% healthy normal pregnancies & birth. Leave the 10-15% of the others to the OTHERS.
Birth is safe - interference is risky.
Honour these midwives and start to re-humanise birth!
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