tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post7841730421317354603..comments2022-03-09T03:58:19.101-05:00Comments on Safer Midwifery for Michigan: Where is the Leadership: Part IMWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04125751490256911705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-51216324935714806832014-04-05T21:57:04.973-04:002014-04-05T21:57:04.973-04:00Dear Saddened,
We're so grateful that you fo...Dear Saddened, <br />We're so grateful that you found our blog and took the time to share your thoughts. I am very sorry for your loss and the subsequent years of difficult moments I imagine you have endured. It sounds as though you and I have a lot in common, not only in preventable loss, but in the desire to improve practices. Please feel free to email through the blog if you'd like to talk further to someone who absolutely understands. The email address goes directly to me, and is confidential. I have found that it has been very important for me to share my story in an effort to help others understand the complexity that surrounds midwifery in MI, so that they can make the best possible choices. Also, please visit our new website and share it often so that others may have the tools we didn't have to navigate their choices: www.safermidwiferymi.org <br /><br />Again, my heart goes out to you and I sincerely thank you for your comment. <br />Sara<br />Safer Midwifery MIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587761670182623797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-43579244006005043972014-04-04T07:53:17.785-04:002014-04-04T07:53:17.785-04:00I thank you for your article. Several years ago I...I thank you for your article. Several years ago I used the midwife cited at the outset of your article and was one of the mothers that lost her baby. It pained my husband and I to go through the channels in place, such as the peer reviews with MMA and NARM, in hopes that we could prevent future tragedies. But each one left us feeling empty, and that the organizations were there to protect the midwife. While midwifery needs protecting, negligent practitioners do not. So we thought that if the midwifery community did very little to alleviate our frustrations, we thought surely a legal pursuit would make a difference. But we discovered there were no laws to govern our case. We could pursue legal action against our midwifes insurance company only and she could, and did, continue to practice. Now we have learned that there have been further tragedies by this same midwife. I have not spoken out regarding what happened so many years ago. Now, as I have "Googled" my midwife to see "What ever happened to ...." I want my voice to go out to the mothers-to-be searching for care to know, bad things happen. We all know that OOH Birth CAN BE SAFE! We need proper guidelines in place and we clearly have not seen this yet. My loss was 13 years ago, and I remember the doulas, midwifes, mothers rallying for change. Still, no change? What does that tell us? Surely that cannot mean that change is not needed, just that more babies must die, more parents must grieve their loss, more siblings grow up wondering who their brother or sister would have been, more families to bear the pain of an avoidable death.Saddenedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371144552050989770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-28521278284688986272014-04-04T07:52:26.184-04:002014-04-04T07:52:26.184-04:00I thank you for your article. Several years ago I...I thank you for your article. Several years ago I used the midwife cited at the outset of your article and was one of the mothers that lost her baby. It pained my husband and I to go through the channels in place, such as the peer reviews with MMA and NARM, in hopes that we could prevent future tragedies. But each one left us feeling empty, and that the organizations were there to protect the midwife. While midwifery needs protecting, negligent practitioners do not. So we thought that if the midwifery community did very little to alleviate our frustrations, we thought surely a legal pursuit would make a difference. But we discovered there were no laws to govern our case. We could pursue legal action against our midwifes insurance company only and she could, and did, continue to practice. Now we have learned that there have been further tragedies by this same midwife. I have not spoken out regarding what happened so many years ago. Now, as I have "Googled" my midwife to see "What ever happened to ...." I want my voice to go out to the mothers-to-be searching for care to know, bad things happen. We all know that OOH Birth CAN BE SAFE! We need proper guidelines in place and we clearly have not seen this yet. My loss was 13 years ago, and I remember the doulas, midwifes, mothers rallying for change. Still, no change? What does that tell us? Surely that cannot mean that change is not needed, just that more babies must die, more parents must grieve their loss, more siblings grow up wondering who their brother or sister would have been, more families to bear the pain of an avoidable death.Saddenedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371144552050989770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346749784229772317.post-10182096985322988762013-02-04T09:07:13.419-05:002013-02-04T09:07:13.419-05:00As this post has been up for a week with no respon...As this post has been up for a week with no response, I think that tell you something. There is no leadership. <br /><br />Keep up the good work! karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942575379261463930noreply@blogger.com