While you wouldn't expect medicalized-attitudes towards birth from someone with "midwife" in her title, I don't think you can generalize with CNM's. They range from very pro-medicalized-birth to very pro-natural-birth, and everything in between. Unlike other types of non-nurse midwives, who are usually pro-natural, I've met CNM's who were like little OB-robot-soldiers, toeing the ACOG-party-line more than any OB ever would. You really need to interview the CNM thoroughly and see if her philosophy meshes with yours.
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