tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816685682836838358.post4601245807392091160..comments2023-10-02T09:28:17.754-05:00Comments on The Midwife From Hell: Pay Methods for MidwifeDreah Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18264363350519451873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816685682836838358.post-29312181833176593082014-01-11T16:07:16.101-06:002014-01-11T16:07:16.101-06:00Me 2. I was going to pay everything upfront my hus...Me 2. I was going to pay everything upfront my husband the analytical guy he is told me to hold off on the remaining of the money till the birthday. Im glad I at least did that because I would have been out of a lot more.<br /><br />Not to mention all the crap they make you buy to have a homebirth. I bought so many things suggested by the midwife and didn't get to use one thing. Can you imagine that?Dreah Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264363350519451873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816685682836838358.post-60681467954056888772014-01-11T07:27:51.811-06:002014-01-11T07:27:51.811-06:00My husband gets angry that our midwife didn't ...My husband gets angry that our midwife didn't give us some money back for our son's botched birth. We didn't sue and had medical bills out the whazoo because of her (and still do to this day). It's not like they have to carry malpractice insurance to help compensate their bad judgement calls that affects families' finances forever. Having back a mere 1,800 dollars would have been a nice gesture. I agree to not pay all upfront. RaisingCropsAndBabieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01897154924425187493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816685682836838358.post-68243951996762931082014-01-01T17:46:30.587-06:002014-01-01T17:46:30.587-06:00So what your saying is that money motivates your c...So what your saying is that money motivates your career choice? So would completely stop birthing babies all together if your weren't getting paid to? Maybe I may have to revise this chapter/post because what I was getting at was maybe there would be a little more compassion if money didn't drive the profession. Midwives are getting greedy. There are too many midwives. The organizations that parent midwifery are non profit that's actually how they are protecting them self from these deaths.<br />thanks for commentingDreah Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264363350519451873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7816685682836838358.post-31361052380228187922014-01-01T15:56:38.563-06:002014-01-01T15:56:38.563-06:00Dreah, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been r...Dreah, I am so sorry for your loss. I have been reading each post from the beginning, but feel I have to comment here. <br /><br />I know you feel your midwife should have reimbursed you, and I totally understand that, she did not make it to your birth and you suffered the ultimate loss. I also know your midwife did not have malpractice, and you feel she should have.<br /><br />I am a midwife, a CNM, and I love, love, Love what I do. But I cannot work for free. As much as I love what I do, it is also my career. I have $100,000 in student loans to pay for, malpractice to pay for and all of the normal bills everyone else has. Midwives set up payment plans as they are able, but I personally do not know any midwife who would attend a birth without having been paid. Most all expect full payment by 36 weeks unless it is a very special arrangement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com