This synopsis is by Jody McLaughlin, editor of Compleat Mother Magazine
Yesterday four Missouri physician associations filed their petition against the state of Missouri regarding HB818 because The Physician Associations¹ members will be adversely affected by themidwife provision, unless it is declared unconstitutional and enjoined bythis Court."
The petition representing the interests of the Missouri State MedicalAssociation, The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians andSurgeons, Missouri Academy of Family Physicians and The St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society is attached to this email.
MSMA, MAOPS, MAFP, and SLMMS are collectively referred to as the ³PhysicianAssociations² in this Petition.
All are identified as organizations who "represents its members¹ interestsbefore the state legislature, state agencies, and state courts" explainingthat many of their "members provide services related to pregnancy (includingprenatal, delivery, and post partum service.
"The Missouri physician associations claim "the midwife provision jeopardizesthe health of pregnant women and their babies" and "The midwife provision allows midwifery and other pregnancy related services including C-sections,epidural anesthesia, and terminations to be performed by individuals with the specified credentials."
[[No mention is made of midwives in Missouri who are doing c-sections,administering epidurals or terminating pregnancies.]] "Licensed physician and surgeons will be subject to professional discipline for cooperating and/or coordinating the care of their patients with unlicensed midwives."
[[This could be changed within the membership of the various ³PhysicianAssociations.²]]
This Petition is in reaction to the HB818 amendment which reads ³Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who holds current ministerial or tocological certification by an organization accredited by the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA) may provide services as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396r-6(b)(4)(E)(ii)(I).²
The Petition further explains ³Tocological² is an obscure and non-standard reference to obstetrics and/or midwifery."
"House Bill 818¹s Original Purpose was to Increase Portability andAccessibility of Health Insurance" "An Unrelated Provision Allowing the Practice of Midwifery by Laypersons was added to the Second Senate Substitute for House Bill 818" and "The midwife provision is not related to health insurance, and therefore is not encompassed within the title of SS#2 SCS HCS HB 818"
[[To satisfy the physician associations major objections to theinclusion of the "midwifery provision" in this bill, the court could declarea Solomon's judgment to extend health insurance to cover midwifery care inMissouri.]]
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed SS#2 SCS HCS HB 818 on June 1, 2007.
The midwife provision will become effective on August 28, 2007.
Sincerely,
--Jody--
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Jody McLaughlin
Compleat Mother Magazine
US PO Box 209
Minot, North Dakota 58702-0209
email: Jody@Minot.com
phone: 701 852-2822
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"The Farmer and the Obstetrician" by Michel Odent, MD in Hardcover is available to Compleat Mother readers for $27.50 (or 2 for $48.50) including Air Mail postage. Visa,MasterCard and PayPal to: Jody@Minot.com are accepted.
The Other Side of the Glass
The Other Side of the Glass - Buy the film
I am grateful for and overwhelmed (in a good way) with the response to the trailer and the requests to purchase the film.
The intro is short so that fathers and professional caregivers can get the overview of the information now. Fathers/Partners will be inspired about how to advocate for the mother and baby -- whether with a doctor or midwife, or at home or the hospital.
Thanks again for your support for the film. My heart soars with gratitude.
Janel Mirendah
The intro is short so that fathers and professional caregivers can get the overview of the information now. Fathers/Partners will be inspired about how to advocate for the mother and baby -- whether with a doctor or midwife, or at home or the hospital.
Thanks again for your support for the film. My heart soars with gratitude.
Janel Mirendah
Friday, June 29, 2007
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Review of the film
Most of us were born surrounded by people who had no clue about how aware and feeling we were. This trailer triggers a lot of emotions for people if they have not considered the baby's needs and were not considered as a baby. Most of us born in the US were not. The final film will include detailed and profound information about the science-based, cutting-edge therapies for healing birth trauma.
The full film will have the interviews of a wider spectrum of professionals and fathers, and will include a third birth, at home, where the caregivers do a necessary intervention, suctioning, while being conscious of the baby.
The final version will feature OBs, RNs, CNMs, LM, CPM, Doulas, childbirth educators, pre and perinatal psychologists and trauma healing therapists, physiologists, neurologists, speech therapists and lots and lots of fathers -- will hopefully be done in early 2009.
The final version will include the science needed to advocated for delayed cord clamping, and the science that shows when a baby needs to be suctioned and addresses other interventions. Experts in conscious parenting will teach how to be present with a sentient newborn in a conscious, gentle way -- especially when administering life-saving techniques.
The goal is to keep the baby in the mother's arms so that the baby gets all of his or her placental blood and to avoid unnecessary, violating, and abusive touch and interactions. When we do that, whether at home or hospital, with doctor or midwife, the birth is safe for the father. The "trick" for birthing men and women is how to make it happen in the hospital.
The full film will have the interviews of a wider spectrum of professionals and fathers, and will include a third birth, at home, where the caregivers do a necessary intervention, suctioning, while being conscious of the baby.
The final version will feature OBs, RNs, CNMs, LM, CPM, Doulas, childbirth educators, pre and perinatal psychologists and trauma healing therapists, physiologists, neurologists, speech therapists and lots and lots of fathers -- will hopefully be done in early 2009.
The final version will include the science needed to advocated for delayed cord clamping, and the science that shows when a baby needs to be suctioned and addresses other interventions. Experts in conscious parenting will teach how to be present with a sentient newborn in a conscious, gentle way -- especially when administering life-saving techniques.
The goal is to keep the baby in the mother's arms so that the baby gets all of his or her placental blood and to avoid unnecessary, violating, and abusive touch and interactions. When we do that, whether at home or hospital, with doctor or midwife, the birth is safe for the father. The "trick" for birthing men and women is how to make it happen in the hospital.
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