link to story I found interesting

[yogachic]

http://books.aol.com/books-article-canvas/_a/the-unusual-suspect/20060606175509990001

Comments

What say you?

[missnyc98]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Midwife_Trial.html

Re: What say you?

[yogachic]

They were untrained, unlicensed "midwives" that had no basis to believe that they were prepared to act in that capacity. Due to their lack of training, they did not recognized the symptoms of excessive blood loss, nor, apparently, did they know how to treat it and it cost a woman her life.

Re: What say you?

[missnyc98]

I guess it's stories like this that make people fearful to use midwives.