Who is with Evelyn these days? - Page 2

[hipem]

Evelyn did miss my son's birth. This was 5 years ago when she was working at MD General and could not miss work. Unfortunately her back up was also unavailable and it was just Lora (an amazing but too new midwife for my challenging situation) Eventually KC was able to be there and helped me avoid a transport.

There was also a time in the past when Evelyn was more known for missing births due to the high number of clients. I cannot speak for the current situation.

It is important to keep in mind that for those who have not had their care provider be available for them, it can really change the perception of the birth and it is equally important that the women who are looking into providers are able to get a thorough history on the experiences of other women.

Hopefully this is useful and stays within the bounds of the user agreement.

[raelize]

Originally Posted by homewithtwinsmama

We do have more nowadays. Joey Pascarella (formerly of Bethesda Maternity Center), MAMAS (Erin Fullam and Miari Rothman), Susan Dodge (formerly with BirthCare) are all very recent additions to our homebirth lineup. And we have a several CPM candidates who are due to take their exams in October and assuming they pass will also begin their private practices. So despite the patriarchal and idiotic laws in this state, its easier to get a homebirth than it was even five years ago.

yes, there are more, and we are lucky to have as many as we do. but how many will catch VBACs? or breech? or twins? i know that evelyn will , joey won't , KC will, who else? honestly i want to know and am not trying to be flip. my dd2 was breech till 38 weeks and i don't want to go to someone who isn't comfortable attending breech because of that. i was with evelyn and felt fine with her skills. i don't want to get into a situation where i had to scramble cause my MW won't attend at 39 weeks.

and, i have the honor of having been caught by the last granny midwife liscensed in MD

[imnottelling]

Originally Posted by rachel_eva

yes, there are more, and we are lucky to have as many as we do. but how many will catch VBACs? or breech? or twins? i know that evelyn will , joey won't , KC will, who else? honestly i want to know and am not trying to be flip. my dd2 was breech till 38 weeks and i don't want to go to someone who isn't comfortable attending breech because of that. i was with evelyn and felt fine with her skills. i don't want to get into a situation where i had to scramble cause my MW won't attend at 39 weeks.

and, i have the honor of having been caught by the last granny midwife liscensed in MD

My daughter was breech as well till 38/39 weeks (I had a successful ECV) and Evelyn said she would deliver my baby if I wanted, but I didn't feel comfortable because her presentation was footling. Frank breech I would have done. It all worked out, thankfully, but it was good to know that Evelyn was there for me, no matter what I wanted to do.

[homewithtwinsmama]

Originally Posted by wolfmom

thank you everyone for this great thread! I love that everyone is being so respectful and we are all getting such great updated information. I had evelyn attend 2 of my births and loved her completely. I'm also thrilled at the increase in midwives. btw, Lora was also at one of my births and she was great too. Boy do some of us miss her presence!

Yes, she really was something special.

[homewithtwinsmama]

Originally Posted by rachel_eva

yes, there are more, and we are lucky to have as many as we do. but how many will catch VBACs? or breech? or twins? i know that evelyn will , joey won't , KC will, who else? honestly i want to know and am not trying to be flip. my dd2 was breech till 38 weeks and i don't want to go to someone who isn't comfortable attending breech because of that. i was with evelyn and felt fine with her skills. i don't want to get into a situation where i had to scramble cause my MW won't attend at 39 weeks.

and, i have the honor of having been caught by the last granny midwife liscensed in MD

This isn't a conversation I want to have on an open list but feel free to PM me if you want to discuss it.

[homewithtwinsmama]

Holiztic clear your box

i tried to send you a PM but your box is full. Please call me. I lost your number and email with my harddrive a few days ago. Need to talk to you.

Lorrie

[cali4niachef]

Eveyln is working with Lori Serabo. Lori lives in Elkton. Lori is a former apprentice of Susan Dinatale (Dover, DE). The three are working together to start a birth center in the Baltimore area. Rightnow they are working on funding. Then after that is up and running for a while Susan is going to start a birth center here in Delaware.

Susan is my friend and my future preceptor.

HTH!

[homewithtwinsmama]

Originally Posted by cali4niachef

Eveyln is working with Lori Serabo. Lori lives in Elkton. Lori is a former apprentice of Susan Dinatale (Dover, DE). The three are working together to start a birth center in the Baltimore area. Rightnow they are working on funding. Then after that is up and running for a while Susan is going to start a birth center here in Delaware.

Susan is my friend and my future preceptor.

HTH!

Partial answer, see mine above to get the complete scoop on all the folks at the office and what their roles are.

[walking in Bel Air]

anyone know how soon her birth center will be up. I have just made my first appt at UCMC but if her birth center is open I would prefer to go there.

[imnottelling]

Originally Posted by walking in Bel Air

anyone know how soon her birth center will be up. I have just made my first appt at UCMC but if her birth center is open I would prefer to go there.

Doesn't sound like it will be any time soon

Any reason you prefer not to go to Mercy and use her there?

[walking in Bel Air]

Any reason you prefer not to go to Mercy and use her there?

This is an interesting option. I did not know / did not remember she worked there. I will look into this.

UCMC is literally walking distance from me, hence far more convenient. I have also heard nice reviews about their midwives. They are also baby friendly and apparently have more progressive rules than most hospitals. I wonder what the policies at Mercy would be re monitoring, etc.

[MegBoz]

Originally Posted by walking in Bel Air

This is an interesting option. I did not know / did not remember she worked there. I will look into this.

UCMC is literally walking distance from me, hence far more convenient. I have also heard nice reviews about their midwives. They are also baby friendly and apparently have more progressive rules than most hospitals. I wonder what the policies at Mercy would be re monitoring, etc.

I had my DS at UCMC with the CNM Karen Schreiber catching... well, 'attending' - DH caught!

UCMC is great. They didn't blink at things on my birth plan like intermittment monitoring only with doppler or EFM, minimal VEs (just to admit me & confirm I'm done before pushing.) DH catching, pushing in any position, no time limits, etc.

BUT - you can't birth in the water. You can labor in the tub, but you have to get out once you're ready to push. At Mercy, you can birth in water.

I don't know how much truth there is to this, but I've read here that if you want to birth AT Mercy hospital, you're better off with Kathy Sloan's CNM group since Evelyn doesn't attend births there as regularly - she doesn't have relationships with the nurses, etc. (Even though she does have privledges.)

I also wouldn't dismiss the impact of the commute down into the city from Bel Air - especially when you're going weekly for checkups at the end, and when you're in labor!

[walking in Bel Air]

Anyone know if Evelyn has privileges at UCMC?

[imnottelling]

Originally Posted by walking in Bel Air

Anyone know if Evelyn has privileges at UCMC?

AFAIK, she only has privileges at Mercy at the moment.

[IdentityCrisisMama]

Subbing...

[EmmyK1028]

Twins?

Has anyone had twins (home or hospital) with Evelyn?

[~Adorkable~]

Subbing for the same thing, I was recently mentioned Evelyn I believe because she does take di/di twins, can folks confirm this? I'll call on Monday but would love to know sooner.

[Mother in Mercy]

HB in DC?

Sorry to hijack this post with so many questions going already, but I've been trying to find a MW who will attend a homebirth in DC and I've heard so many good things about Evelyn. Does anybody know if she attends in DC? Does she come to you for prenatal appts. or do you go to her? I've been playing phone tag with her office for a few weeks b/c I can never seem to call when they're open, or pick up the phone when the call me back! I will call again but if someone could post or PM me that would be fantastic!!

Thanks!

[hb2mom]

MAMAS midwives, Erin Fulham and Mairi Rothman, CNMs attend homebirths in DC. Website is www.mamasmidwives.com
They are located in Takoma Park, some visits at your home, some in theirs. They have monthly info meetings where you can meet them, hear about practice, and call for more info.

[secondimpression]

Originally Posted by rachel_eva

but how many will catch VBACs? or breech? or twins? i know that evelyn will , joey won't , KC will, who else? honestly i want to know and am not trying to be flip.

Perhaps Joey changed her practice? When I interviewed her back in December 09, I asked her about twins and breech and I definitely didn't get told "no". I'm not a VBAC so that didn't come up on my radar. This is no reflection on you, but I've heard a lot of rumors about Joey having a more medicalized practice that have all wound up being very untrue. I think it's very important that women wanting homebirth do their research thoroughly and ask the midwife themselves before making a final decision. We've seen some great examples of this with Evelyn in this very thread

*Edit
I was looking at Joey's website and she has a few HBACs and at least one HBA2C listed in her client photos.