📣 Midwives save lives. A new paper from World Health Organization shows that investment in midwifery models of care is key to improving outcomes and experiences of care through pregnancy and childbirth. Despite being an evidence-based, cost-effective model to improve maternal health, midwives are significantly underutilized around the world. 🔗 Learn more about the case for implementing midwifery models of care: https://bit.ly/3A2b8aT
Midwives make all the difference! Investing in their care models could transform maternal health worldwide. Thanks, World Health Organization (WHO) for spotlighting this vital need!
So what or who is invested in stopping this?
Thanks Rondi for posting the link. Love this. Take care.
Laura you delivered my 3rd child Julia in Hyden Kentucky almost 17 years ago and now I'm a grandma already with another on the way in the fall
Thanks for sharing! So important to expand the care for women!
The most interesting thing about this statement is the section on “what is a midwife?” When we can all answer that we can move forward but until we do the US will be stuck.
In New Zealand midwives are Lead Maternity Carer for almost all women.
This is such a vital conversation! Midwifery models of care truly humanize the healthcare experience and are responsive to the needs of women. They exemplify a commitment to women's health and rights, addressing the unique needs of mothers and newborns in a way that often gets overlooked in traditional settings. What’s the hold-up? We absolutely need more midwives, and it’s crucial for physicians to recognize and appreciate the significant contributions midwives make to improving obstetric outcomes worldwide. As someone who has been a midwife since 1995, I've encountered barriers to practice that aren’t limited to developing countries. It makes me wonder if the lack of hiring and acknowledgment stems less from a lack of knowledge and more from an apathy within the medical community. Doctors are often stretched to their limits and may not see the value in collaborating with midwives to restore health and healing in obstetrics. Women deserve to not only survive childbirth but to thrive in a supportive, empowering environment. Midwifery care embodies this ethos, valuing positive experiences that meet women’s personal and sociocultural expectations. It's time we work together to open doors for midwives everywhere!
Much of this is about power and control. Even female OBs are going to be reluctant to relinquish a significant part of there profession to someone who does not have an MD.
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4moImani Hastings, MSN, CNM