What is the difference between an Obstetrician and a Nurse Midwife?
Midwives specialize in caring for low risk normal pregnancies and births in all their variations and in routine women’s health care. Nurse midwives believe that puberty, childbirth, and menopause are all normal transitional times in a woman’s life. We are educated to support healthy, natural processes and give individualized care. Obstetricians expertise and training is caring for high risk situations, diagnosing disease, treating abnormalities and doing surgery.
