tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post741256907396151115..comments2022-03-09T03:58:19.101-05:00Comments on Safer Midwifery for Michigan: What We're Seeking: Safety Protocols for Out of Hospital BirthMWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04125751490256911705noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-42253328548877885872014-05-27T21:46:32.003-04:002014-05-27T21:46:32.003-04:00Dear Christina,
Thank you for sharing your story. ...Dear Christina,<br />Thank you for sharing your story. I'm so sorry for what you went through. I couldn't agree more that women need more access to resources in these events. We included a tab on our new website called "Injury and Loss" that includes how to report negligence. Perhaps I could work on making that more visible and diverse. <br /><br />I know too many families that have endured traumatic deliveries and near misses in OOH birth. We run an advocacy group with many who have been in your shoes. If you'd like to join the group of supportive families there, please let me know. I'd be happy to add you on our private FB group. I hope you've found supportive measures along the way, and I hope you and baby are doing well after such a painful ordeal. <br />Safer Midwifery MIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587761670182623797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-66676250528644552662014-05-27T16:17:48.922-04:002014-05-27T16:17:48.922-04:00I chose to use a midwife for my 5th baby after hav...I chose to use a midwife for my 5th baby after having the previous four in the hospital. She broke my water which resulted in sepsis, after 30 hours the baby and I weren't doing well, resulted in Csection. I was in the hospital and in ICU for 30 days after the C Section with numerous infections and my organs not functioning well. Husband was at home with baby and other 4 kids, baby being the 1st he'd ever been around. The midwife I contracted with was supposed to help us through the hospital and follow up with after care. She never stuck to the contract, didn't even bother staying through the C Section. I was extremely tempted to sue, though didn't know who to reach out to for anything. My husband was so traumatized that he couldn't speak about it and just wanted to move on. I think there is a need for resources for women to have a recourse for things gone wrong. I would never recommend a home birth to anyone after my experience. Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283306176322132599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-68825885682677705292014-05-27T16:17:05.530-04:002014-05-27T16:17:05.530-04:00I chose to use a midwife for my 5th baby after hav...I chose to use a midwife for my 5th baby after having the previous four in the hospital. She broke my water which resulted in sepsis, after 30 hours the baby and I weren't doing well, resulted in Csection. I was in the hospital and in ICU for 30 days after the C Section with numerous infections and my organs not functioning well. Husband was at home with baby and other 4 kids, baby being the 1st he'd ever been around. The midwife I contracted with was supposed to help us through the hospital and follow up with after care. She never stuck to the contract, didn't even bother staying through the C Section. I was extremely tempted to sue, though didn't know who to reach out to for anything. My husband was so traumatized that he couldn't speak about it and just wanted to move on. I think there is a need for resources for women to have a recourse for things gone wrong. I would never recommend a home birth to anyone after my experience. Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18283306176322132599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-70139423442230634082012-11-11T18:15:01.774-05:002012-11-11T18:15:01.774-05:00I only wish the legislators who are pushing "...I only wish the legislators who are pushing "licensing" upon us Michiganders would understand that offering a license to a midwife who is already practicing, who has a CPM, who is NOT going to change the way she practices to become more safe, but will just only think herself to be "protected" against lawsuits and jail, and might have the ability to bill insurance, is simply useless as a protection to the consumer. I thought licensing was supposed to be to protect the consumer, to provide guidelines, regulation, minimum standards, for any profession? As it stands, all I hear from the lay midwives and their supporters is that they need licensing to "protect choice" and to "bill insurance" and to protect themselves from jail and lawsuits. I hear nothing about how licensing will improve accountability, improve skills, standards, disclosure on stats in individual practices... why aren't these things included? If there is a complaint against your hairdresser, you can find out! You can make an informed choice to hire or not... but when it comes to the lay midwives who demand licensing, they want it as a one-way street... licenses to feel more legitimate but not licenses to be more accountable... it's truly ridiculous! With a death rate for Michigan lay midwives and CNM's acting like lay midwives, of at least 3 times hospital death rates for babies, you'd think women in Michigan would be in an uproar, but it seems the lay midwives are good PR reps as well, and brainwash their loss moms to think it was "God's will". Pathetic.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369567158381337820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-5333734815412479822012-11-08T10:22:57.060-05:002012-11-08T10:22:57.060-05:00Dear Lansing Mom,
Your last sentence is profoundl...Dear Lansing Mom,<br /> Your last sentence is profoundly important. I hope that you, and every concerned citizen in Michigan will make a call or write a letter to their State Representative and Senator advocating for appropriate change. Licensing CPMs and creating a board of midwifery is NOT appropriate change. Minimum standards for education (International standards or higher), only allowing licensed midwives to practice, reporting data on outcomes, state issued informed consent (including disclosure of insurance), and clear transfer of care protocols WILL make a difference. The State and the profession of midwifery are failing to keep women safe by not addressing these issues appropriately. We need your voice. Safer Midwifery MIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587761670182623797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-66217695026905763982012-11-08T10:19:08.851-05:002012-11-08T10:19:08.851-05:00Dear Ex CPM Student. Your question is particularl...Dear Ex CPM Student. Your question is particularly important. I'd like to devote our next blog post to addressing this in full. You are correct, two of the four midwives at our birth were nurse midwives. The other two were CPMs. Look for more in our next post:) Thank you for asking important questions. Safer Midwifery MIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587761670182623797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-30895008056189183832012-11-07T15:46:20.734-05:002012-11-07T15:46:20.734-05:00Thank you for posting. Until hearing your story, ...Thank you for posting. Until hearing your story, I had no idea that there were no standards for care. And this is after spending MONTHS researching out-of-hospital birth and highly considering birthing at the GBC. It was shocking and appalling the first time I learned this, and becomes even more shocking each time I read it again. The State of Michigan is failing an entire segment of the population by failing to take action and mandate standards of care. LansingMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237448606820483566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-17480879365663655912012-11-07T09:57:26.332-05:002012-11-07T09:57:26.332-05:00What I find curious about Michigan law is that you...What I find curious about Michigan law is that your midwives were licensed certified nurse midwives. What restrictions pertained to their licenses? Were they operating within the legal scope of practice for nurse-midwives when they attended a planned OOH breech birth?<br /><br />If so, what needs to be remedied so Michigan families can be protected from negligence and malpractice of licensed providers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com