If a couple chooses to have their baby at home, the delivery usually involves an obstetrician a certified nurse-midwife special medical equipment a cesarean section

If a couple chooses to have their baby at home, the delivery usually involves a certified nurse mid-wife. Nurse midwives attend births in homes and provide a wide range of routine gynecological services, prenatal and postpartum services. However, if a patient is diagnosed with a medical condition, an obstetrician is necessary.