What is the difference between seeing an obstetrician and seeing a midwife? And what, for that matter, is the difference between seeing a midwife in the hospital versus a midwife out of the hospital?
Good question! The short answer is that midwives care for low-risk women, both in and out of the hospital. Obstetricians do that too, but they also take care of high-risk women, and can use forceps, vacuums, and do surgical deliveries (Cesarean sections) when necessary. For more information about what our particular care is like, please see our midwifery care, home birth, and birth center pages.
