Midwives as a Status Symbol

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Midwives as a Status Symbol

Are we really the next pooch in a prada or a Buggaboo stroller?

The NewYork consumer has changed, but so have we; and, so has New York herself.  Nowadays, most of us have higher education degrees and are delivering in the hospital as well as the home. It wasn't until 1992 that we were legally prescribing medication in New York and 2010 that we were able to legally practice independently.  New York trusts us, while we have the outcomes and education to support why she should.  In addition, we happily provide care for the "hippy-dippy spiritual birth," but we also provide what many women want: simple and supported, natural hospital birth.