Shannon GreikaNew Blog Post DescriptionWarning: This is not your typical midwifery blog post, a midwife's personal story is to follow. And parts are kind of embarrassing to admit lol so I hope you enjoy the candidness. People ask me all the time how I got into midwifery. Like many midwives, I got into midwifery because of the births of my own children...
Shannon GreikaI get this question a lot, at initial consults, couples looking into this option and asking what to expect. Great question. I answer it here in this blog article.
Shannon GreikaBefore I talk about the benefits of natural childbirth I want to make a disclaimer that I am in no way judging women who choose to take a different route and prefer having medication during delivery. As women we deserve to have ultimate control over our bodies and make decisions on how we give birth. Yet women also need to be given information regarding all choices of interventions, understanding that nothing is without risk. In addition, I am grateful that we have access to medications and interventions that can absolutely be life-saving. ...
Shannon GreikaWomen have been helping other women have babies since the beginning of time. However, in the United States, dramatic changes have occurred over the last century regarding midwifery where it was nearly eradicated. In spite of this, midwifery has made a reemergence over the last 40 years. According to Davis (2004), “Midwifery is alive today for one reason only: women’s insistence on midwifery care” (p. 2). The Midwives Model of Care (MMC) is dramatically different from the Medical Model of Care, which is currently the care most pregnant women receive in the United States...
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