Make licensed midwifery legal in all states. Allow for Midwives to be available under medical insurance and stop incentivizing hospital births with interventions on healthy mothers and pregnancies. Make Assisted Home Births to be available under insurance and put a better focus on helping healthy mothers/babies have a more comfortable, less stressful, and natural birthing experience as the mother wishes and stop the traumatic post hospital trauma of mothers that leads to greater postpartum anxiety and depression.
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I would also like to add transition post partum care for moms and babies from hospital to home. I really like the post partum care they provide in Japan where moms can stay there for a number of days. They care for the baby and mom and make sure she’s eating and is taken care of. Insurance should cover this!! And another thing, these types of care facilities should be everywhere in the US. I know there’s one in New York.
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