Is midwifery care safe?
There is a large body of evidence that supports midwifery care as a safe choice for low-risk healthy women. Data gathered from New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Holland, the US and Canada where regulated midwifery is widely practiced shows that midwives provide safe, high quality care. Midwifery clients experience lower rates of forceps application, vacuum extractions, cesarean section births, episiotomies, infections and babies born requiring resuscitation, when care is provided by trained, registered midwives such as exist in BC.
