Originally Posted by kannondicarpo

Between my husband and I we usually ask about transfer rates, their "worst" delivery and how it was handled, cut-off dates (ie. not before 36/37 weeks, not past 42/43 weeks), their certification in neonatal resuscitation, their procedure for post partum bleeding/hemorrhaging, how long they have been practicing solo (as in not under the eye of a senior midwife), if they will deliver breech/twins.

There are some other things but that is what is coming to mind at the moment. Good luck mama. I hope that it is a good fit for you. :)

Originally Posted by NappyChappy

What testing they require- u/s, blood work, iron levels ect? What her stance is on critical issues for you breastfeeding, circumcision, cutting cord, ect...? Where she would transfer you to and if she would go with? What are rates of tearing which require stitches? What does she require vit k, eye ointment ect..?

Originally Posted by jenn.mcc

I would also ask how many ultrasounds they require and how they generally deliver the placenta (some horror stories from other moms on here made the placenta question a new standard for me).

I would also want to at least meet the OBs who are at the birthing center or hospital you could be transferred to if things go wrong. I always heard that if you dislike one person in your midwife group then fate will make sure that is the person on duty when you go into labor... and now I have to add that if you dislike one person in the whole birthing center then that is the person who will end up trying to take over your birth! At 8 weeks I met an OB I hated, I mean I despised this guy with a passion, but then I switched to the midwife group at my hospital and everything was hunky-dory. Fast forward to my labor: of the dozen OBs at that hospital, who do you think was on call when my baby went into distress and my midwives needed a doc? Yeah. I will not give birth at that hospital again, even though my midwives are stellar, because I refuse to let that man touch me a second time.