Midwives are specialists in childbirth, postpartum, and well-woman health care. They are educated and trained to recognize the variations of normal progress of labor and deal with deviations from normal to discern and intervene in high risk situations. In many developing nations, midwifery is the front-line of maternal health services and provides necessary care in a safe and cost effective manner, where it is available. In the US, more women utilize obstetricians, rather than midwives, who are specialists, not only in healthy pregnancies, but also in illness related to childbearing and in surgery.[3]