My fiancee are having a disagreement...he says that midwives are not doctors, they can not prescribe medications....I say yes they are as i went to a midwife when my daughter was born(she is now 8) and she prescribed me medications/narcotics...during and after pregnancy...the only thing they can not do is a c-section but they have a doctor on call when absoultely necassary by midwifes standards. i went thro all natural 27 hours of vaginal birth. the difference between doctors and midwife doctors is midwives stay with you throughout the birth and have time to REALLY talk to you. I went through a regular doctor with my son and it was a much better experince...I had EPIDURAL but my question is are midwives doctors?
2006-12-11 03:01:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
In the United States, nurse-midwives are advanced practice nurses who have specialized in the practice of obstetrical and gynecological care of relatively healthy women. In addition to a registered nursing license, many nurse-midwives have a master's degree in nursing. Nurse-midwives practice in hospitals and medical clinics, and may also deliver in birth centers and at home. They are able to prescribe medications in 48 out of the 50 states.
To answer your question...No they are not Doctors....however they are usually certified nurses and have studied extensively in the practice of childbirth.
2006-12-11 03:12:06 · answer #1 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Midwives are Registered Nurse Practitioners. They have a bachelors and a masters degree to get to that point but they are not doctors. Prescription med rights for certified midwives depend on the legislation of the state in which they practice. Even when they have the right to prescribe they often have to have a doctor sign off on it as well. This is being worked on by the American Nurses Association.
2006-12-11 03:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mattie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I had my first child in a birthing center with a midwife and I actually had a better experience there giving birth naturally then in the hospital with my second child..(Epidural didn`t work!!) The thing I liked the most is it was alot more personnel than the hospital ..But no they are not doctors they are certified nurse practitioners
2006-12-11 03:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by bad kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Midwives are not doctors.
A CERTIFIED-NURSE Midwife can prescribe medications.
A Lay Midwife/Direct Entry Midwife can not prescribe medications.
2006-12-11 03:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-23 05:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not, they are definitely not medical doctors. If your midwife is also a nurse practioner then they can describe drugs. I don't think that all midwives have their nurse practioner though.
2006-12-11 03:04:14 · answer #6 · answered by Sharp Marble 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Midwives are NOT doctors. They have medical knowledge, but they are not doctors.
2006-12-11 04:24:08 · answer #7 · answered by braks_gurl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are specially trained nurses. OBs or gynocologists are the qualified drs in anything pregnancy NOT midwifes. Having said that, they can sometimes perscribe, it is dependant on the drug/symptom etc.
2006-12-11 03:03:14 · answer #8 · answered by Serry's mum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they aren't doctors. They are certified nurses, and they do have the ability to prescribe medicines as long as they pretain to pregnancy. My neighbor is a midwife.
2006-12-11 03:06:44 · answer #9 · answered by rtkjacobs 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Im going to go to college to be midwide. Midwifes are REGISTERED NURSES that you can give only natural births, with no medications. Nurses can give you some medicine for afterwarsd maybe, but the Doctors are the only ones that can give epiderals, c sections and ETC.
2006-12-11 03:04:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋