Midwives know kind and loving hands get the baby out. Midwives know birth as a normal, natural function of a woman's body.
Midwives know a baby comes when it's ready rather than on a scheduled date.
Midwives let babies choose their own birthday. Midwives know that encoded within the DNA structure of every woman is the body's instructions for birth. Midwives know that the gold standard for birth, faster, easier and safer, is possible with their kind, loving, encouraging hands on approach to childbirth. Midwives know that technology used to keep a woman quiet or to force or speed up childbirth will harm both mother and baby. Midwives know both the lives of the mother and baby are equally important and both must to be considered in all health challenges.