Stupid question???

[Steph83]

Hi
this may sound like a really stupid question, but I am generally interested in the answer. Is there such a thing as a male midwife? (not that I would want one) would he be called a midhusband? and if there isn't do you think with all the changes in sexual identity there ever might be one?

[Hockeytribe]

Hey Steph,
Yes there are male midwives but i think they just like to be called nurses.
I had one look after me once when i went to hospital with complications during my last pregnancy.
He was very nice and made me feel comfortable, i wouldnt of minded if he ended up delivering my baby.

[QTB]

I know of a couple in NZ, never here though...

one in particular calls himself a Male Middie - rather than a midwife/midhusband....

[EandN]

I knew a couple of male midwifes and they called them self midwifes.
I had 1 at DD1s birth and one at DD2s birth and they were really great

[shed]

There are quite a few male midwives, and they are still called midwives because the "mid" part of the word means "with" and the "wife" part is referring to the birthing woman.

[TwoBoysOnly]

As all the other posters have said there are male midwives out there - not a terrible lot though fairly scarce :thumbsdown:

Midwife literally means "with woman" so men can be called midwives too :)

[majano]

I had a male midwife for the birth of my middle DD. He was absolutely fantastic. He just called himself a midwife. I've known of quite a few male midwives, I didn't even think they were that rare?!! :detective:

[~Emmylou~]

I actually work in university admissions for a uni that offers midwifery and there are most definitely male midwives - few and far between but most years we admit one or two. The vast majority are still female.

And as shed said they're called midwives whether male or female :)

[Tam-I-Am]

Yep, a male midwife admitted me when I was in labour with DD. He was lovely. It must be hard though, given that so many women would say "oh, I don't want a man in here" - which really annoys me, as most obstetricians are male.....

[Mum2Bug]

There was one at the hospital I had Bug in. I didnt have him myself as he was assigned to the other end of the ward, but he always said hello to all the mums on the ward, and was very easy on the eye. I was so jealous of the mums under him as he was probably the most easy-going and comforting midwife on duty that weekend.

[EandN]

With my first DD they didnt ask if i wanted a male or not, he just came in and as i remember he was pretty sexy lol. I didnt mind at all. For my second DD which was in a different hospital i had to give consent for the guy to be in there. The hospital where i had DD2 normall had lots of muslim woman which is why they had to ask which is fair enough.
The guy was probably over 50 and he was lovely.
I want a male again next time. I found them both compassionate and never tried to pretend they knew what i was going through either lol

[Sharai]

lol never had a male one before but sounds like they know what they are doing and that's comforting when they can be compassionate and helpful.

[Steph83]

There are quite a few male midwives, and they are still called midwives because the "mid" part of the word means "with" and the "wife" part is referring to the birthing woman.

Oh well that makes perfect sense now. I'm yet to see one in Perth but it's good to know they exist!

[Steph83]

With my first DD they didnt ask if i wanted a male or not, he just came in and as i remember he was pretty sexy lol. I didnt mind at all. For my second DD which was in a different hospital i had to give consent for the guy to be in there. The hospital where i had DD2 normall had lots of muslim woman which is why they had to ask which is fair enough.
The guy was probably over 50 and he was lovely.
I want a male again next time. I found them both compassionate and never tried to pretend they knew what i was going through either lol
Yes I actually find that male doctors/nurses are more gentle than female doctors/nurses when doing internal examinations. I guess because they dont know what it feels like so they take extra care.

[alexand laurens mum]

I just had to add to this post once i read it! The hospital i had my last 2 children at has a male midwife as the head midwife! I didn't really get to see him often but when i did he was pretty good i have to say!