Midwife-attended Hospital Birth

“I wanted a hospital birth, but was really attracted to the one-on-one, comfortable, sisterly feeling I got with a midwife. I was able to do both. Although my pregnancy was completely uneventful and run of the mill, I wanted that extra comfort that if something were to happen I would already be at the hospital... Once I was pregnant, I realized that I needed that security blanket."

--K.H. about her CNM-attended hospital birth

Midwife-attended Home Birth

"I wanted to birth the way my body does best, without pressures to meet standard hospital expectations. In making this choice, I chose to limit my choices for pain relief, but this allowed me to tap into my own physical and spiritual strength and to endure in a way that the hospitals would not have allowed. A lot of moms today are denied the opportunity to access the strength within them in standard OB hospital care, but midwives can help us access this. Even if I have had a more difficult than normal birth (first child born posterior), I have also had a three great outcomes-- healthy mom with no tears or side effects, and a big healthy baby.”

--T.E.B. about her three TM-attended homebirths