
MIDWIFERY VS. MEDICAL MODELS OF CARE
As a doula, one of the very first questions I ask my clients is what is their belief system around birth? What are their birth experiences? What do they know about their own birth? I want to understand their perception of birth in their birth culture. What the majority of families describe is a hands-off, family-centered, low intervention, natural feeling of care. They talk about wanting to be seen as a normal person who’s having a baby and not a medical condition. When I’ve asked childbearing women to describe the midwifery model of care, I hear words such as: Mom-focused Low