The following update on AB 1308 was written by: Adeola Adeseun, Treesa Mclean, Jennifer Heystek, Tanya Smith-Johnson and Louis Heystek ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This it to update you on the status of our efforts to remove physician supervision of licensed midwives from California law, and to urge you to actively support AB1308, which, despite its limitations, represents a historic victory for families that… Continue reading Update on AB 1308 ~ California Families for Access to Midwives
Category: AB1308, new regs & new legislative efforts
self-evident but anything to do with Senate B&P hearings in spring of 2013
Senate Analysis of AB 1308 as posted on August 13, 2013
What Ca LMs needs to know b4 reading: First, this is the SAME language as before. The changes expected to remove physician supervision as a prerequisite of practice can’t be made when the bill goes back to the Assembly for (yet) another hearing. Second, this Senate analysis provides a number of interesting things, including “the facts”… Continue reading Senate Analysis of AB 1308 as posted on August 13, 2013
Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns ~ more than 24 hrs in NICU, Apgar of 6 or less @ 5 mins
The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a 501(c)(6) organization, is its companion organization. www.acog.org May 7, 2013 New Orleans, LA — Induction and augmentation of labor with the hormone oxytocin may not be as safe for full-term newborns as previously believed, according to research presented today at the Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College… Continue reading Study Finds Adverse Effects of Pitocin in Newborns ~ more than 24 hrs in NICU, Apgar of 6 or less @ 5 mins
Today’s Mfry Council ~ surprising but wonderful news about AB 1308: supervision on chopping block
News Flash #1 ~ Tosi Marceline is newest LM member of the Midwifery Advisory Council News Flash #2 ~ Constance Rock and Sara Davis gave their report on the most updated version of AB 1308 during today’s Midwifery Council meeting (webcast available on line!) They had extraordiary news, but remember that AB 1308 is still a bill,… Continue reading Today’s Mfry Council ~ surprising but wonderful news about AB 1308: supervision on chopping block
Midwife-operated birth centers are the missing link to integrate physiologic childbirth practices into mainstream healthcare
In the late 1970s, access to unmedicated and physiologically-manged normal childbirth via the legacy practice of midwives providing care in non-medical settings (i.e., PHB) was so extraordinarily influential that the entire hospital industry/obstetrical profession reversed course. Twilight Sleep drugs, general anesthesia and routine use of episiotomy, forceps and manual removal of the placenta were first introduced… Continue reading Midwife-operated birth centers are the missing link to integrate physiologic childbirth practices into mainstream healthcare
Good News about AB 1308 ~ not perfect but important ~ adds LMs to laws regulating the operation of independent birth centers
I am relieved and please that Assemblywoman Bonilla’ office kept their promise to do something really important to help midwives, mothers and eventually California taxpayers. Recognizing LMs as qualified to function as birth attendants in birth centers and for the facility to qualify for reimbursement through MediCal is monumental progress. This really is a BFD. The… Continue reading Good News about AB 1308 ~ not perfect but important ~ adds LMs to laws regulating the operation of independent birth centers
FACT SHEET #2 ~ Defining midwifery as a medicalized discipline is economically advantages to medical profession
Access to Affordable Maternity Care in California by Professionally-licensed Midwives The re-classification of the midwifery profession as a medicalized discipline in 1974 was economically advantages to medical profession, but detrimental to midwives, childbearing families and California taxpayers. A problematic aspect of midwifery as a medicalized discipline is the economic effect on these non-physician practitioners and… Continue reading FACT SHEET #2 ~ Defining midwifery as a medicalized discipline is economically advantages to medical profession
Access to VBAC: 44% of California hospitals do NOT ‘permit’ women to labor after a previous C-section in 2012
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2013 Apr 3;13(1):83. [Epub ahead of print] A survey of access to trial of labor in California hospitals in 2012. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the 2010 NIH and ACOG recommendations encouraging greater access to TOLAC, 44% of California hospitals do not allow TOLAC. Of the 56% allowing TOLAC, 10.8% report fewer than 3% VBAC births.… Continue reading Access to VBAC: 44% of California hospitals do NOT ‘permit’ women to labor after a previous C-section in 2012
Reframing the Midwife-Physician Relationship: wise words from Sen. Gordon – Chair, Sunset Review ~ Part 1
For 20 years following the Bowland Decision we thought restoring the legacy practice of traditional midwifery was IMPOSSIBLE, but in 1993 we finally prevailed. For the next 20 years we were told that restoring the independent nature of midwifery was totally IMPROBABLE. While sustained efforts by midwives, Senator Figueroa, Dr Fantozzi, Anita Scuri and many others moved the ball down the way down… Continue reading Reframing the Midwife-Physician Relationship: wise words from Sen. Gordon – Chair, Sunset Review ~ Part 1
Newest language for AB 1308 – proposed LMPA amendment #4, 1st that did NOT originate with LMs
Introduced by Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla on Feb 22nd Most recent up-date ~ 03.21.13 This is the latest version. It is moving through committees of both Houses of the Legislature as we speak. The key to reading ‘mark-up’ language is simple: Text in the color BLACK means ‘no change’ from existing law; BLUE means new and RED means ‘strike-through’… Continue reading Newest language for AB 1308 – proposed LMPA amendment #4, 1st that did NOT originate with LMs