Author: faithgibson

Intro to a series on the history and development of practice standards for Ca LMs

Work-N-Progress ~ Last saved Oct 11, 2021 @ 1:02 pm If you are a politically-active midwife trying to figure out how the formal practice standards for Ca LM became such a  blankety-blank mess, this series will provide you with the historic background and more facts and information than you ever wanted to know. But if… Continue reading Intro to a series on the history and development of practice standards for Ca LMs

World Health Organization’s “Case for Midwifery”

Easy to share link https://tinyurl.com/bmezd79k The case for midwifery Related links Infographic: case for midwife-led continuity of care jpg, 336kb WHO’s work on quality midwifery care for mothers and newborns Midwives’ voices, midwives’ realities report 2016 More publications on midwifery What is midwifery? Midwifery is “skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate care for childbearing women, newborn infants… Continue reading World Health Organization’s “Case for Midwifery”

MBC ~ Interested Parties Meeting on the Mfry Standard of Care January 14, 2021

Updated ~ Jan 22, 2021 Easy-to-share Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/y2w57axc {y2w 57 axc} Jan 14, 2021 Medical Board of California Interested Parties Meeting on the Standard of Care for California Licensed Midwives (SCCLM) by Faith Gibson, LM Information for attendees of the Interested Parties meeting on the Standard of Care for California LMs (SCCLM) adopted by… Continue reading MBC ~ Interested Parties Meeting on the Mfry Standard of Care January 14, 2021

Repost ~ My July 29th, 2005 letter to MdBd & Testimony Opposing ACOG’s proposed Mfry Standards & document dump to make easier to find related materials

This re-post of my original testimony at the July 2005 MBC regulatory the letter includes additional supporting documents that are critically important to this issue. The combination of this key testimony and background documents provides a convenient “parking place” for one big file so a Ca LMs (including me!) can easily find politically useful “quotables”, excerpts from… Continue reading Repost ~ My July 29th, 2005 letter to MdBd & Testimony Opposing ACOG’s proposed Mfry Standards & document dump to make easier to find related materials

Repost* of 2005 Letter to MBC & CCM Testimony Opposing ACOG’s proposed Standard of Care for the practice of Licensed Midwifery in California

At the November 2019 Quarterly meeting of the California Medical Board of California as agenda item (11-B) was formally proposing that the Board carry a bill that would make it illegal for Ca LMs to provide care VBAC care. This made me so angry I wanted to cry, as we already spent nearly 4 years… Continue reading Repost* of 2005 Letter to MBC & CCM Testimony Opposing ACOG’s proposed Standard of Care for the practice of Licensed Midwifery in California

May 7th Medical Board Meeting ~ my request to extend postpartum scope of practice to 12 months

Public Comment ~ Virtual Medical Board Meeting, May 7th 2020 My name is Faith Gibson. I’m a Cal licensed midwife and was a member of the Midwifery Advisory Council from 2007 to 2013. I’m requesting support by the Medical Board for an amendment to the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 to expand the postpartum scope of… Continue reading May 7th Medical Board Meeting ~ my request to extend postpartum scope of practice to 12 months

Legal History of Midwifery in California ~ Part 1 (of3)

~ faith gibson ~ written 2002, revised Sept 2007, posted on FG.org Jan 2020 I am one of the few individuals in either the midwifery community or the employ of the Medical Board who has been involved full-time in the legal and legislative issues of California midwifery before, during and after the passage of the… Continue reading Legal History of Midwifery in California ~ Part 1 (of3)

Unlawful actions by Sutter Health that discriminate against OOH: Copy of document to maternity patients notifying them that OB care will be refused if they are planning OOH birth

Easy to share link –> http://tinyurl.com/y3yeju59 An illegal action by California’s Sutter Health {Oct 2018} defined by NAFTA as an “disguised restriction of services“ An unfair & illegal business practice by California state law B&P Code 17200 – 17209 Below is: Transcript of  an official Obstetrical Consent Form dated 10/08/2018 Politician Action Plan for California… Continue reading Unlawful actions by Sutter Health that discriminate against OOH: Copy of document to maternity patients notifying them that OB care will be refused if they are planning OOH birth

Art & Science Cal Mfry: Part 3 ~ Comparison of ACOG Opinions #166 & #214 + SB 1479 w/ Post-AB1308 Medical Board “Practice Guidelines” in 2014

https://tinyurl.com/ydcmxlkv  ACOG Committee Opinions #166 and #214, the 2000 Amendment (SB 1479) to the LMPA of 1993 and the midwifery Standard of Care ~ Limitations imposed by AB 1308 in 2013 that repealed the standard of care and statutorily denied ‘patient autonomy’ and ‘self-determination’ to essentially healthy childbearing women The Standard of Care for California Licensed Midwives (SCCLM) was… Continue reading Art & Science Cal Mfry: Part 3 ~ Comparison of ACOG Opinions #166 & #214 + SB 1479 w/ Post-AB1308 Medical Board “Practice Guidelines” in 2014