Since most women lacked the resources for a hospital birth, I decided to open my own clinic next to our family's home in a rural area, 15 miles from the capital.

既然大多数妇女无力负担医院生育的费用，我就决定在自家隔壁开办自己的诊所。我家住在农村地区，离首都15英里。

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Since most women lacked the resources for a hospital birth, I decided to open my own clinic next to our family’s home in a rural area, 15 miles from the capital.

既然大多数妇女无力负担医院生育的费用，我就决定在自家隔壁开办自己的诊所。 我家住在农村地区，离首都15英里。

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How to get a jump-start: get to know established midwives and doulas in your area and ask if you can witness a birth or postpartum counseling session to see if the field's for you.

如何开始工作：必须熟知你圈子内的接生员和助产师，并询问他们你是否可以在旁观看生产过程或参与产后咨询工作，以此来考虑这份工作是否适合你。

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Cossham Memorial Hospital near Kingswood now includes the area's first stand-alone, midwife-led birth centre, and a renal dialysis unit.

BBC: Cossham Memorial Hospital reopens after ?19m refit

"Essentially women who opt for a home birth face either a very successful, satisfying outcome, or a potentially disastrous one - there isn't the greyer area that you see with hospital births, " says Professor Philip Steer, the editor of the BJOG.

BBC: Home birth to ward increases risk