Why do we need the docs for delivery?

[ER1010]

It seems to me like the experienced nurses on this board could very easily deliver the normal healthy deliveries. Just wondering if the OB nurses get frustrated with having a doc do the delivery, when all he or she did was catch? In Europe aren't all the nurses also midwives, and they only call the doc for emergencies? Do you guys think this would be a better practice?

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Hi Jolie =)

It was a busy semester for my wife so was takeing up allot of the slack with household/ family stuff and was on a major reading binge. I did stop in from time to time but just did'nt post. My wife is out of school for a while and I ran out of books I wanted to read so ill prolly hang around for awhile.

Welcome back - great post by the way.

steph (who is always glad a doc is nearby and has never "caught" a baby and doesn't want to) :)