Midwife Mania

According to a new study in the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, midwives delivered a record 8.1 percent of U.S. babies in 2009—or 11.4 percent when only vaginal births are counted (midwives don’t perform C-sections). The study also found that the percentage of midwife-attended births more than doubled between 1989 and 2002, and has been growing…