The Midwife From Hell

Rachel Williston    To Me grievance@missourimidwivesassociation.org samidwife@aol.com Dec 11 Hello Andrea, I wanted to touch base with you and let you know I spoke with Shannon from the NARM accountability board yesterday morning. She is trying to contact you today or tomorrow about your complaint. We have a plan to move forward and are waiting on receiving paperwork and charts from the midwives to proceed. I just wanted to stay in touch and let you know where we are at. I look forward to working with you to resolve this as best we can. Many prayers for you and your family during the first holiday season after your loss.  Respectfully, Rachel Williston, President of MMA  Me To Rachel Williston Dec 11 The phone number that I can be reached at is 314-xxx-xxxx. This waiting game is getting a bit overwhelming because it seems as thought no matter what I do I have to wait on this, and wait on that, and all I hear is we didn't

These women are smart.  There is no accountability really at all when complaints are being filed or when a death has occurred on behalf of a midwife. Remember if your contacting NARM you probably are wanting to file or complaint or get some information. They are wonderful if you are trying to obtain information but if a baby has died you will get the VOICEMAIL often. They will forward your call and make false promises. They duck and dodge you and act like they have not forgotten about your case. If a death has occurred on behalf of a negligent midwife the Midwife will hide and NARM will act like the parent of the midwife and protect their little child. They hide in so many ways it's disgusting.  Shannon Anton for the accountability department has been on vacation for I don't know how long that is what they say every time I call. I'm starting not to believe them. You see I'm not trying to (hate) on home birth. I mean to be honest and truth of the matter is NARM has p

This is the correspondence that I've been having back and forth with the MMA: -----Original Message----- From: andrea mcghee [mailto:andreamcgh@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, November 1, 2013 12:34 AM To: Grievance@MissouriMidwivesAssociation.org My name is Andrea McGhee. I am following up with the review board. The midwife/s I am concerned about are: Joann Falcon Jennifer Konkol I am reporting a home birth death of a twin. I sent in my grievance form and release of records letters months ago. I have not heard anything in regarding my case. Has the death been reported by midwife/s? grievance@missourimidwivesassociation.org    Nov 1  Hello, Andrea, I was surprised that I did not receive your return grievance complaint form in the mail.  I thought you must have decided to pursue another route.   I take this very seriously.  I will check the mail again to see if your complaint has arrived.  If it has not, you will need to re-send the form be

Planning a Home Birth? Well, I hope it goes right because you do not want to deal with NARM or the Midwife Association of your state. They will give you The Run Around. They do not take death serious at all. It's like they try to protect each other by slowing up the process. My daughter passed away in June of 2013 and I have been trying to file a complaint with the Missouri Midwives Association since May. These women make you do all your correspondence through mail. You send things certified mail and they still claim that they didn't get it. I'm not trying to scare any mother for choosing to home birth but just know that if your birth does not turn out right and the midwife is indeed at.fault you have to be your child's best advocate. No one cares about your situation until your situation becomes their situation. The thing about home birth is that you can never actually plan what will take place at a home birth. It's just to unpredictable. Lets just throw my

themidwifefromhell.com Freedom is why people come to America. The Bill of Rights is what people stand on in this country. Without those rights Americans would feel conformed, restricted, and regulated. I enjoy having freedoms. Waking up in the morning to my own place, food, vehicle, children, husband, and just life. The things that makes us pure human beings. The Internet has gotten us to the point where we can share so much information so much quicker than before. Anything new is a learning experience. To involve a new idea, task, or endeavor  is something that involves change. Home birth you can say for me was a new idea at one point in time. It was something that grew with me as I become older. When I left home at the age of 21 I realized that my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri was not where I wanted to spend the rest of the my life, so I packed up my things and traveled down south to Orlando, Florida with the love of my life Anthony. I remember the day we le

themidwifefromhell.com If your thinking about a home birth I have provided some great articles to read. To ensure your home birth is safe please read all articles and brainstorm.  Thanks http://drlindagalloway.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/do-you-know-how-to-avoid-a-homebirth-disaster-2/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nolongerquivering/2013/07/the-terrifying-side-of-trendy-are-home-births-safe/ http://www.cafemom.com/group/416/forums/read/11419719/home_birth_turns_into_disaster http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3021

More questions can be added at anytime but generally you can make a great decision based on the responses and body language from these questions. Some of the steps involve following through. Here are some questions (in no particular order) What school did you attend? Do you carry insurance? How many infant deaths do you hold? Are you currently sanctioned? How many infant injuries do you hold? How many live births do you hold? How many singleton births have you attended? How many multiples births have you attended? How many water births have you attended? Have you been late to any deliveries? If so, by how many minutes? Where do you live? How many of your own children did you birth at home? Do you have a lawyer? Have you ever been sued while licensed? How long does it take you to get to a birth when in labor? What hospital are you partnered with? What doctor are you assigned/partnered with? Do you have a office? Where is it located? How long have you been a

                                       Me and Kanoy at her Baby Shower 32 weeks pregnant Me and Kanoy The pictures at top are of Me and my friend Kanoy (kah-noy). There in the pictures we are both pregnant with twins .Hers twins are fraternal boys (di/di) and my twins are identical girls(mono/mono). We have been friends for a couple of years now. Her boyfriend Mike and my husband are really good friends. and we would double date often. Her and I were friends a year before she became pregnant.  Before Kanoy got pregnant she would talk about how bad she wanted to be pregnant. Me already with two children I would remind her how fulfilling my job as a mother and wife was. As time went on  Kanoy and I talked over the phone from time to time. Both of our lives became busy. She worked at a daycare center in the city and my Enrolled Agent job kept me very busy. During a visit at home  one evening Mike told my husband that Kanoy was pregnant with twins I was so shocked, TWINS!

themidwifefromhell.com Twin Aminah and Twin Akilah  When I first visited with him the day after my daughter was admitted into the NICU at Cardinal Glennon Hospital St. Louis he appeared to be annoyed by my circumstances with my "Home Birth Disaster". He kind of had an arrogant attitude you can say. He shook my hand and told me it wasn't good. He told me that Aminah went to long without oxygen and resulted in a brain injury. He told me that my daughter was pretty much brain dead and the only thing keeping her alive was the machine. He said that she would never do the things that her identical sister will be able to do. He advised my husband and I that it would be in our best interest to let Aminah pass. He gave us the option to take Aminah home and let her pass at home or just take away the tubes. I refused. I wasn't ready. I was in denial. I continued to visit everyday and Dr. Havernak passed me on many occasions in the halls of the hosp

themidwifefromhell.com Please don't let your situation ever be like my situation was. I waited to long for a midwife. I trusted my midwifes' judgment. I mean that's what I was paying her for right? To think about it I trusted her judgment to much. The night I went into labor with my daughters I was on my way home from the Blues Fest in Downtown St. Louis Missouri. My husband was driving and my two other children rode in the back seats of out family SUV. My daughter Abayomi 4 years old and son Akin 2 years old awaiting arrival of twin baby sisters Akilah and Aminah. As we continued home I begin to feel different. My lower stomach began to contract very heavily which made me grab my husbands arm and sigh in pain. As he looked over at me he said, " Oh Ohh it's time". I tell him yes. I removed my phone out of my purse and phoned my midwife Joann. She answered the phone. I told her that I was indeed having contractions. She asked me how many minutes the

Never pay Midwife in advance. There are so many reasons why I say this. The main reason why I say this is because there will be supplies that you will have to buy along the way to prepare for a home birth and everything is going to come out of your pocket. Depending on what type of home birth you decide to have make sure that you are clear on what items are completely necessary for a home birth. Don't waste money on things that these midwives will act like you need. Remember this is a profession now and they will market pools, and many maternity items while pregnant. Its a business and all you really need is for the midwife to be at your birth. Never let a midwife talk you into paying midwife fee upfront. This is a Red Flag. The reason why I say this is because, what if the midwife does not fulfill the duties of a midwife? Understand that there is no rush on paying. Always make sure that you keep record of what you paid for and make sure midwife signs off on receipts. Never

                                                     www.themidwifefromhell.com Some people are mad about this chapter of the blog because they said that I did not get their authorization from them personally to post this chapter. For all who don't know I am indeed a member of the babycenter.com  and I created a thread that stated "Midwives should have to carry insurance" Anyways many women commented on the thread and are now still commenting. I just wanted to share with people who are not apart of the babycenter.com world on what women are saying in regarding this unique situation. Some will be mad but I'm sorry these are your words and once you put them in the atmosphere your words are alive. I didn't post the entire thread just a couple pages just to get a generalization. Sorry ahead of time for whoever it offends. For whoever would like to see the entire thread please create an account with the babycenter.com and become a member. The thread is in t