5 reasons why a midwife is preferable to a gynecologist for your pregnancy
by Chiara Sandrucci
Who said that you have to go to the gynecologist during pregnancy? If everything goes well, a midwife is recommended. The explanation is simple: pregnancy is not a disease, so there is no need for a doctor. It will be the midwife, who specializes in normality, to recognize any problems that require the intervention of a gynecologist.
Find out below five reasons why a midwife is preferable to a gynecologist.
1. A more peaceful relationship
The also recommend it Physiological Pregnancy Guidelines of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, based on the results of two extensive researches. The assistance of a single obstetrician or a team of midwives (for example from the clinic) is associated with a number of positive factors: fewer hospitalizations in nine months and fewer complications during labor, but above all more satisfaction on the part of the woman. There is less "awe" of the midwife, the relationship with her is more direct and spontaneous.
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2. High professionalism
In recent years relegated to a secondary role in the delivery room, the midwife is regaining the role she has always had. Today, to practice the profession, you need a three-year degree in obstetrics (which is established at the Faculties of Medicine and is authorized to practice). A health professional, the midwife does not just give birth to babies: she can follow the entire pregnancy in full professional autonomy, as well as the birth and the first 12 months of the baby.
3. The assistance continues
The only condition is that the pregnancy is "certified" as physiological, that is, without any particular risk factors. If any problems arise, the midwife can still continue to follow the pregnancy in collaboration with the gynecologist. For the rest, he carries out all the checks scheduled for the nine months and schedules each exam. At the first visit, for example, he can do an "office" ultrasound to view the embryo and so on. Your prescriptions will be brought to the family doctor for the exemption provided by the National Health System (but this also happens with the private gynecologist).
4. Convenience
If you are "satisfied" with a group of midwives who work in a team, the solution is found in the clinic. Here their service is free, like that of the general practitioner. Such a path is also activated within the largest Italian birth center, the Sant'Anna Hospital in Turin. private clinics where freelance midwives work, their fees will certainly be less expensive.
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5. Labor at home
With your trusted freelance midwife, you can also try to organize at least part of labor at home. She is asked to go into the first contractions, so that she can witness the dilating phase until it is time to go to the hospital. He cannot go further, for reasons of responsibility: other midwives, those of the ward, will attend the birth.
