Midwife Rosemary Thornton?

[Eyelet]

Does anyone have experience with the midwife, Rosemary Thornton? Please feel free to PM me if preferred. Thanks!

[simplygreen]

Rosie attended both of my homebirths. Wonderful Sweet Lady! Very knowledgeable.  I would  for sure have her at my births again! Feel free to PM if you have any further questions!

[lilmommakaye]

Rosemary was my MW durring my pregnancy with my last child Stella. She came off as a wonderful caring person but I found out the hard way how unprofessional she really is. I had a MW appointment on the 27th of October, 2010. I was 37w3d allong with my daughter and mentioned to her decreased fetal movement. She pushed it off as baby was getting ready to arrive anyday. I measured 47cm at my last apmt the week before and only measured 42cm that day. So she figured Stella "dropped". She then had her MW in training do my entire appointment. This girl was about 17years old and had ZERO experience at anyof this. I didnt mind helping one learn but Rosie SHOULDVE done the apmt over again herself to make sure everything was OK. She didnt. I went home after paying full for my himebirth and got the pool prepped and ready. EVERYTHING was in perfect order....or so I thought. 

I awoke the next morning to NO movement and called Rosie. She never answered. I called my OB and was told to come to the hospital right away. I was hooked up to the NST and got only the next 10 mins of hearing my daughters HB before my whole world was shattered. Rosie didnt respond for an hour and a half and left a msg that she was sleeping. 1st she KNEW if I was in labor, that I would go FAST. My other 2 were only 4 hours and the last birth only 45mins!  She wasnt there. I was in the hospital having an emergency Csect of which my daughter would not make it through. She NEVER came to the hospital nor did she even visit me at home or send a card of condolence. I messaged her and asked for my check back, she sent it wrapped in a piece of paper torn from a note book, no letter, not a word. She BAILED on me in my darkest hour of need and all of this couldve been helped if she did her job the day before. My child could be here.  I didnt hear a word for 6 months when I wrote her stating my feelings on how unprofessional it was for her to bail on me. I TRUSTED HER and she shattered that 100%. She responded with a series of lies and excuses as to why she wasnt there for me. Even changed her origional story of the morning i called her. I DO NOT reccomend this MW what so ever. You mine as well go the UC route. There are FAR MORE professional MW's in your area. She had a series of reviews on a webpage that were all bad. She took all the reviews down off the page just reciently. She runs in emergencies. heed the warning and good luck.

[lilmommakaye]

Here is a link to my blog too, so you know i am not just a troll. I was google searching my MW about her reviews when i came upon this thread.

My Star In Heaven <----

[Katie8681]

My god, I am so sorry for what was done to you, lilmommakaye. The pictures of your little girl break my heart and the behavior of your midwife is beyond infuriating. I noticed on the everydayhealthlink page she is listed as "Dr. Rosemary Thorton, CNM" and as a registered nurse. However on her page at the wisconsin midwifery guild website and on many more websites, she is listed as a CPM.  It sounds as if she is a CPM. This just demonstrates how difficult it can be to sniff out people's actual credentials, and how widely varied education and training is in midwifery. As a CNM, I would like to think that someone with a master's degree in nurse midwifery would not have made such egregious mistakes. Again, I am so, so sorry for your loss.