Dear Marilyn Thank you for this I would like to share it with the list. So are you planning to stay or return to NSW which though better than most other states I would think such client numbers would not be common? Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 8:14 AM Subject: Re: Birthing Stool Policy
> Dear Denise: I am in Seattle, Washington and I am a student midwife with a > group practice of 2 midwives. I have been precepting with them since July and > have been to 32 births with them: they alternate call, and I don't, so it has > been exhausting at times, I have only missed 3 births when another student > was called in because I was already at a birth. From January to June, I > precepted with a midwife in solo practice in California. I attended 22 home > births with her. Then from June though October of 2000, I attended 10 births > with 2 midwives in a small group practice in Seattle. Seattle is midwife and > homebirth heaven in the US, largely because of the Seattle Midwifery School > and 2 well recognized Naturopathic Medical schools who also graduate licensed > midwives. The midwives I am precepting with also have hospital privileges at > one hospital here in Seattle where we can transfer clients if necessary and > continue their care (at other hospitals we can transfer the client but we > also transfer care) or attend women who desire a hospital birth. Regards, > Marilyn -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
