Jerome A. Pollos/Coeur d'Alene Press, AP
Becky Orchard, a midwife in training and a certified doula, does a check-up on 3-week-old Cody Drake as his mother, Kelly Routt, watches Wednesday at Dayspring Midwifery Services in Hayden. Story here

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Question: Were any of your children delivered by a midwife? If so, was it a positive experience?

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