Good questions to discuss with your out of hospital midwife:
- What is their transfer protocol?
- What hospital do they transfer to?
- What is their relationship with the hospital?
- What do they transfer for?
- Who is a good backup provider in case you rule in as “high risk” late in pregnancy ?
- Do I need to stay at the hospital
- Is it messy if I give birth at home
Good questions to discuss with your in hospital midwife:
- What would “risk me out” of midwifery care?
- Are you a teaching institution? Will there be students at my birth?
- Am I still able to have a low intervention birth in the hospital?
- Are midwives always available in the hospital, or will I have an OB/GYN at my birth?