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Effective March 1, Ascension Providence Hospital's Alternative Birthing Center will be phasing out its use of midwives. Instead, the center will be staffed by obstetric physicians.
Ascension Health says that as of March 1, midwives will no longer staff the Alternative Birthing Center at Providence Southfield Hospital. The move has outraged Michigan’s midwifery and birthing communities.
Recent OB/Gyn updates include underuse of contraceptives after giving birth, new guidelines on postpartum pelvic girdle pain, and infection risk with alternative birth practices.