Midwifery

Midwifery is illegal in 14 states including the great state of Alabama.Which I think that law should be changed in all 14 states due to certain reasons. Hospital pregnancies can cause the mother more pain than necessary. Hospitals often dope mothers up on medicine to speed their process of contractions up. While pregnant women in Alabama deserve the option of choosing to have their children at home or in the hospital bed. Due to the laws of Alabama pregnant women aren't allowed this option. Midwifery also causes the women to receive less pain than hospitals. While it also allows the mother to have a natural birth. After watching the video in class I've come to the conclusion that midwifery benefits the child more than a hospital pregnancy. Midwives are trained individuals who have attended school to only help women bring new life to the world. While doctors in hospitals are not necessarily equipped with the knowledge midwives have when it comes to pregnancies. While there are surgeons who deliver babies in hospitals everyday. They attended school to perform open heart surgeries and emergency surgeries. Why are they in the delivery room delivering babies? This the reason the United States lies at the bottom when it comes to birth rates among countries worldwide. We don't have enough doctor's who specifically just focus on delivering babies all day. Until this problem gets fixed then we will remain at the bottom of birth rates worldwide.