Would you give birth in a midwifery led unit?

[Trillian]

The other main problem though is the medical profession! They have this 'god' complex where they beleive that nobody other than a trained doctor could know what they are doing (I mean this in relation to EVERYTHING health related) If they just stopped their scare-mongering then alot of health issues could be so easily solved! There would be no need for all these drugs and sometimes even surgeries!

Yes, there no doubt would be some that have this attitude, but I think the biggest reason for opposing it is self preservation - if they all went out and said "yeah sure, use midwives and have homebirths - we know that's the best standard of care" they may as well take their name off the door of their fancy rooms because they would do themselves out of a job. Over the decades Dr's have become so ingrained into the birth industry that they can't walk away from it now - careers have been built on it. So they have inadvertently put themselves in an ugly catch 22 situation, because if they sided with the midwives, then that undermines the perceived confidence of the women who would use them - like why would you use them if even they are saying that midwife led care is better? See what I mean?