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Midwives Celebrate 20 Years at Emanuel
With good
outcomes, fewer
interventions
Have you ever thought about
giving birth without an epidural?
While the majority of women would
never consider it. if you're apatient
of a midw ife, you probably have.
Nearly 40 percent of Legacy
Midw ifery Services patients chose
not to receive this form of pain relief
when giving birth and an impres­
sive 83 percent chose vaginal births,
a stark contrast with the rapidly-
increasing popularity of cesarean
sections for many women. These
differences are just a few of the
many that set the practice of mid­
wifery apart from other labor and
delivery options.
This week. Legacy Midwifery
Services will celebrate thesediffer-
ences with two special occurrences
- the program's 20"’ anniversary
and National Midwifery Week,
highlighting midwives' commit­
ment to being "With Women, for a
Lifetime.''
Melissa Burtchaell isone of these
women. Nothing will stop h e r-n o t
even a three-hour drive from Bend
- from delivering her fourth child
w ith the unique support of a mid­
wife. Burtchaell delivered her first
three children with the help of
Legacy Midwifery Services and
was impressed with the personal-
ventions and work collaboratively
with physicians.1'
Throughout history, women
have relied on midwives to help
them through pregnancy.childbirth
and the p o stp artu m period.
Today’s midwives, however, can
help w ith a wider range of care,
providing birth control counseling,
prescriptions and follow -upexami-
nations. In addition to women of
childbearing age, midw i\escan also
care for adolescents and meno­
pausal women. Should a medical
condition need more specialized
treatment, they can help w ith refer­
rals to a gynecologist or other spe­
cialist.
In fact, fora low-risk pregnancy,
a midw ife might he the best choice.
A 1998 study determined that in­
fant and newborn deaths were sig­
nificantly lower following midwife-
assisted births. Other research has
consistency confirmed equal or
belter outcomes for midwife versus
physician-assisted low-risk births,
citing significantly lower rates of
interventions such as induction of
labor, rupture of membranes, épi­
siotomies and cesareans.
Legacy’s program has shown a
strong commitment to women in
the community, delivering more
The Midwifery s ta ff at Legacy Clinic Em anuel, 2 8 0 N. Vancouver Ave., carries on a healthcare practice for exp ecta n t m others that
than 5,(XX) healthy babies in its 20
are apart from other labor and delivery options.
years.
C lin ic hours are M onday
ized care she received. "They are am there.”
“Women are attracted to midwifery care. We focus on the specific needs through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5
just so personable," said Burtchaell.
Terri Cohen, director of Legacy because we provide a very person­ of women, offer a variety of op­ p.m. For appointments, call 503-
"I get a very homey feeling when I M idw ifery S e rv ic e s, ag rees. alized and family-centered model of tions, minimize unnecessary inter­
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ment to the power of love to over­
come hate."
After Gov. Ross Barnett tried
to block M eredith's admission in
1962. President John F. Kennedy
used National Guard troops to
restore order.
The soldiers were bombarded
with brickbats and Molotov cock­
tails by a mob of hundreds of whites
— students and others — who
chanted. "Two, four, six, eight, we
will never integrate."
Two people were killed in the
riots.
The leafy Oxford campus, in the
hills of north Mississippi, also con­
tains a Confederate soldier statue
as a tribute to students who fought
in the Civil War. The statue of
Meredith is about 100 yards away,
separated from it by a building that
still bears bullet scars from the inte­
gration fight.
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