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Birth is about families being born together.
It is the role of the midwife to be the facilitator of the best birth possible for every family. Other midwives, having apprenticed through a senior homebirth non-registered midwife, do basic prenatal care, and trust that women's bodies will give birth just fine without undue external interference. Birth is served best when families are free to be born together in the ways that are intrinsically their own. The art of it is to match each woman with the midwife who can serve her needs best. And, due to the power of the Internet, it is becoming possible to help women have the births of their dreams by matching them with the midwives of their dreams.