Questions to Ask Your Midwife

 

Good questions to discuss with your out of hospital midwife: 

  1. What is their transfer protocol?
  2. What hospital do they transfer to?
  3. What is their relationship with the hospital?
  4. What do they transfer for?
  5. Who is a good backup provider in case you rule in as “high risk” late in pregnancy ?
  6. Do I need to stay at the hospital
  7. Is it messy if I give birth at home 

Good questions to discuss with your in hospital midwife:

  1. What would “risk me out” of midwifery care?
  2. Are you a teaching institution? Will there be students at my birth?
  3. Am I still able to have a low intervention birth in the hospital?
  4. Are midwives always available in the hospital, or will I have an OB/GYN at my birth?