•A midwife with a steady client base may get calls at all hours of the day or night to deliver a baby or respond to client distress. •Midwives also have to put in long hours on man days. •Midwives may also struggle to get hospital privileges in some cases, which restricts their abilities to provide delivery services to patients in some areas. •Nurse midwives have a much lower rate of cesarean births. •Long-time midwives experience family distress and grief multiple times over a career.
Advantges
•Meeting new mothers. •The experience to see newborns born. •Helping out with new mothers. •Experiencing different delivery's. ( such as in delivering in water )