This research describes the arguments posed by 5 women who solicited midwives during childbirth in the last 5 years. It was carried out using unstructured interviews with open-ended questions. Content analysis was carried out, in which categories and subcategories were identified, followed by the calculation of frequencies and percentages. The participants’ main arguments regarding why they opted for using the service were: personal wellbeing, preference in being accompanied, certain experiences they had within the health sector, lacking access to health benefits/insurance, being influenced by friends, being in significant distance from a hospital, believing that the risk of illness and death of the newborn is reduced, and preference to midwives’ proceedings of delivery, amongst others. The results suggest that, besides the gender component, there is a family-oriented and social focus in these types of services, which should be included in Medicine and Nursing curriculums in order to create and nurture professionals that can attend to the needs of such population.