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SELECTING YOUR MIDWIFE

Questions to Ask

• How long has she been a midwife?
• Where did she attain her training?
• How long did she train?
• How many births did she attend while under supervision?
• How many children does she have and where were her births attended and by whom?
• How many mothers has she delivered and how many were home births?
• Does she work alone? with apprentices? other midwives?
• What happens if she must transfer to the hospital?
• What is her transfer rate?
• What are her views on episiotomy? What is her rate?
• How often do mothers have intact perineums?
  How often do they require stitches?
  Does she suture?
• When does she go on vacation?
  Does she have a back-up if something happens during her absence?
• What is her fee. What does this include? When does it have to be paid?
• Ask when she attended her last three births.
  Ask to be given their names and phone numbers as references.