As of October, 2001, I have attended over 295 births (both in private homes and at freestanding birth centers.) in the North Central Texas and extended DFW areas. For more than 195 of these I caught the baby either as an apprentice or primary midwife, or served as supervising midwife for an apprentice-led birth. I have personally handled a wide variety of complications — solving problems using midwifery techniques whenever possible; otherwise transferring to the hospital..