Q&A with Natalia Richey, CNM, MSN

What do you like most about your job?

I love the excitement of working on the labor floor and caring for women of different socioeconomic classes all in the same setting. I also love being able to provide many of our patients with quality prenatal care, primary care and social services that they may otherwise not have access to.

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MaryLou Carr CNM, Director of the Cambridge Birth Center, talks about empowering midwives could help women

Statistics about giving birth in the U.S. are not promising. Several other wealthy countries have lower rates of both maternal and infant mortality than the U.S. and maternal complications from birth have doubled in the past 20 years.

But a new study, from the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE, says that integrating midwifes into the health care system might help.

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Kelly Roberts CNM advocates for the importance of midwives at Anna Jaques Hospital

However, Anna Jaques Hospital just implemented a policy change that limits access to midwives and denies women their provider of choice during childbirth. We must ensure women’s rights in childbirth, including the right to midwifery care in every birth setting.

America spends more money on health care than any other developed country yet has the highest maternal and infant mortality rates. The shameful gaps between health outcomes for black and white women and infants continue to grow. Care by midwives results in fewer unnecessary medical interventions, better health outcomes, reduced health disparities, and higher levels of patient satisfaction. Midwives are the solution

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