“…We thank Karen Guilliland et al for their interest. We believe our results are robust; the finding of an association between midwifery experience and perinatal mortality is convergent with other evidence, and similar to what has been reported for early‐career doctors [1–8]. We appreciate that there is concern about our findings, but feel that it is appropriate and timely to address this issue across clinical disciplines to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes.…”