Hopefully ignorance isn’t contagious. WHY don’t people understand that midwives give as good, if not BETTER, prenatal care as doctors. And they take the time to educate and treat the whole person.

I guess unless you have been poked 75 times, had 357 vaginal exams, paid $1500 for lab work or have peed in a cup 358 times, you haven’t had prenatal care.

“Yeah, that thick file my midwife is carrying is just full of drawings my toddler did. All we did at my prenatals was watch sitcoms.”

I get more prenatal care from my midwife than I ever did from an OB. I wish health professionals like this nurse had to do an internship with a midwife so they could understand the difference between the medical model and midwifery model of maternity care… it would make this world a happier place.

*sigh* Talk about an uphill battle, especially when so many in the obstetric establishment would see this transfer as clear evidence that home birth is a dangerous crock indulged in only by entitled celebrities, brain damaged hippies, and maybe illegal immigrants–Not opening that political can of worms, just saying–instead of the transfer being a proper (rather than routine) application of medical intervention when it’s needed. Oh and that midwives are quacks and charlatans with incense and chicken blood for tools, rather than stethoscopes and gloves.

I was thinking the same thing Jena.

This isn’t mine, but it was said to me when we transferred. My record reads, “No prenatal care (lay midwife).” Which doesn’t even make sense: If I had a midwife, then I must have had prenatal care; and she was (and is) a registered midwife.

With an attitude like that, its no wonder the lady went to a midwife rather than the OB.

I hope the mom only said, “I had prenatal care” and fixed the nurse with a nasty look.

Unless, of course, this midwife was only good for twinkle lights and seances.

Well in that case I have had 3 out of 6 pregnancies with no prenatal care!!!! LOL….
Morons! In the UK you actually have a choice of GP (general practioner) Domino care Midwife with GP back up if needed or just a midwife, and the majority of women just choose a Midwife, Im thinking that I guess most women in the UK arent getting prenatal care then either!!!! … not to mention a lot of other countries….

I would love to hear what the mother answered!
Also, is it possible that they think midwives only know how to catch babies, and nothing else about pregnancy and birth? Because that would explain their lousy attitudes.
Although, if you think about it, all docs know how to do is cut. They don’t know anything about pregnancy, labor, or real birth.

I sure hope her Midwife was like mine.. an LDEM, CPM where her education and experience speak for itself. I sure would like to know what she said to that nurse..

Honestly, how arrogant can you get??

ugh. The ignorance is astounding. This isn’t mine but also happened to me (in a way). A nurse came in to check my blood pressure and it was 120/90. She smiled at me, patted my arm and started to walk away. My midwife looked at me and told me I needed to start to relax..if my blood pressure got any higher it could be really dangerous. The nurse turns around with this patronizing look and says “no dear, 120/90 is perfect. *this* patient is fine.” and turned to walk away. My midwife replies “NO *dear*, if you would check her prenatal file right here, you would see that her usual blood pressure is 99/56. Thus, this reading is extremely high for *CANDICE*” and with that she turned her back on the nurse and proceeded to talk to me about measures we could take to make me relax again. The nurse didn’t return! LOL

I hope this Mama, was able to get some satisfaction.

UGH!!! This wasn’t mine, but I’ve BTDT.

1st, my ped is concerned abt my 3rd child’s growth. She orders tests on the premise of “well, since you had no prenatal care….” REALLY irritating since I had a level II u/s w/ ALL my pregnancies, plus, you know, prenatal care!

I was in a car accident and hospitalized for 24 hrs during my last pregnancy. Again, same thing. The staff acted like I walked in from the homeless shelter and this was my first contact with prenatal care. A) wrong and b) since when is it OK to treat people so badly based on their healthcare/economic status?

Not mine, but this was said during my HBAC transfer to the hospital as well, and then followed up with “What are we supposed to do without records?” My CPM, who went with me, handed them a huge stack of her records for me.

I had something similar said to me. As a parting blow, when leaving the hospital (I was a transfer), I was told I needed a vaccination. The nurse snidely told me that if I’d had any prenatal care I would have known I needed it. (My midwife later told me that I was indeed tested and and didn’t need the vax at that time.)