Posts by Charmie981

I'm a midwife with a blossoming birth center, four kiddos (two in school and two two and under), am taking 12 credit hours, three of which are labs, so I'm actually in class 17 hours a week, and a wife to a wonderful man who works 40-50...

I'm looking at the feasibility of hiring someone part time (under 10h a week...I do <4 births a month and have one prenatal day per week, from 3:30 to 7:30 on Friday afternoon) to help me with my practice, which is starting to feel...

I've had one client where the father did most of the communicating with me. I don't believe I EVER talked to her on the phone. I was really nervous about meeting them, but it really just turned out that he was very gregarious and she...

Becca, that is GREAT! If you have a moment in the next week or so I'd love to know how long your licening in LA took. You can PM or call me 318-272-8295.

You know, I just don't know how I feel about this post. In a vacuum, yes to all of the above. In reality, my urine strips were three months expired before I realized it and it was at least three days before I remembered to order...

Quote: In this database, 6,571,500 newborn boys underwent circumcision during 2006-2009. That is the total number over a period of four years, not per year.

I wouldn't say there's anyone who is no-vax friendly. I would say there are doctors who are parent choice friendly. Dr. Parker at Portico has this reputation, as does Dr. Scott Ritch at MidCity.

Quote: Originally Posted by courtenay_e frankly, the client is not paying you enough for that level of responsibility! If they want a homebirth midwife (an expert trained in in-home labor and birth) to listen to heart...

Realistically, you need to set up an on-call time and let them know that except for extenuating circumstances, you will be on-call from X to X. I think 37w to 42w is reasonable. Any time outside of that time frame, you'll make every...

Ms. Black, I find that I do a lot of reverse education on tear prevention. Women who are worried about tears are often asking for me what I "do" to "prevent" them (usually having stumbled upon some handout or site...