User:Rsaniah/Midwifery

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Midwifery has been around for many, many years. There are all sorts of information to be found on what a midwife does, how midwifery has grown over the years, and much more. However, there is not that much discussion about why midwifery is the right way to go for some women when it comes to childbirth and reproductive health.

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Why Choose Midwifery?

Financial

Some women choose to have a midwife because they are less expensive then having a child in the hospital. Pre-natal care visits often cost less with a midwife than with an OB/GYN (Smith-Garcia, 2020). Also, In the United States, the cost of having a child in the hospital can cost anywhere around $15,000 for a vaginal birth and $30,000 for a cesarean section while choosing to give birth with a midwife is a fraction of the cost ranging from around $2000 to $5000 (Howland, 2019).

Culture/Tradition

In some cultures, midwifery is the most traditional way of carrying out a pregnancy and childbirth, and it has been conducted for multiple generations. Child birthing women in these cultures, take Zimbabwe for example, feel that health facilities are not as comforting as cultural roots of care. Also, according to the World Health Organization, women should be able to have their children where ever they feel the most safe, so if having a midwife and proceeding with an at-home birth is what makes some women feel safe, then midwifery-led continuity of care is the best option for them.

Health Reasons

A systematic review was conducted in 2012 that proved that women who received midwife-led care through childbirth had greater psychological outcomes than those who received care led by a physician. Spontaneous vaginal births were increased, and the requirement of interventions during childbirth were reduced with mid-wife led care (Sutcliffe, 2012). Midwives also