[jimtorr]

Tell the mid wives to get a nursing job in a real hospital.

You seem to be laboring under the misconception that mid-wives are some sort of quacks.

Well, you should know that licensed mid-wives are indeed highly qualified medical personell who specialize in pregnancy and child birth. There have been times throughout history, and up to fairly recently even in the USA, when mid-wives were much more qualified than most doctors in dealing with pregnant women.

There is a national shortage of nurses. If mid-wives want to work in hospitals, I'm sure they do, wherever the doctors don't fear the competition.

[mlmr]

Many midwives are not nurses.

[gopheraj]

Daughter is using a midwife for her second baby (due middle of December) She had the first one in the hospital. THey kept sending her home until she was "ready". She went to a pizza place to gorge at 2 am. She wanted to puke her guts out all over the doctor for not keeping her in the hospital. LOL All the doctor did was catch him. Since daughter didn't have any meds she figured why pay all that money for nothing. The doctor kept telling her when she would have Marshal. I told her she would have him sooner. He said that I was wrong. I wasn't. 3 weeks earlier and I was right. neener neener neener. LOL

[ex-snook]

"You seem to be laboring under the misconception that mid-wives are some sort of quacks. "

I thank the quack mid-wife who helped to bring me into the world. (BTW in NYC).