u/Mysterious-Pen5104

Hi all! I'm 30 weeks pregnant and my practice had me see a midwife for the first time this week (I'm in the rotate through the practice phase, obviously).

I have a high risk pregnancy and while she was perfectly nice, overall I'm not sure how much I trust that she had the right training/credentials to properly evaluate my situation and provide a treatment plan?

I'm NOT looking for medical advice here -- but for context I asked about anemia because I am experiencing negative symptoms. I had some labs that indicate it and some that might not if I didn't also have a chronic autoimmune/inflammation disease.

I guess my question is: in general do you find midwives credentials sufficient to review labs in general and contradictory labs specifically and recommend appropriate courses of treatment? Do you generally trust their judgment?

Edit to add my location is in the US and I believe she lists "CNM" after her name, but introduced herself as a midwife.

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Do you trust midwives (training and ability to provide medical guidance)?