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Letter From Docs about Adele Rose, CPM, and her Gross Negligence
Underwater Birth: Missing the Evidence or Missing the Point
Bottom Line: There is no evidence that water birth is safe; case reports indicate that it may not be. Underwater Birth: Missing the Evidence or Missing the Point The gist of the article wrapped up in one quote: If we are to feel confident regarding the safety of underwater birth for the neonate, we must…
2011 Oregon Homebirth Term Neonatal Death
(Note: graphic pictures) http://www.flickr.com/photos/luckyplanet/sets/72157626010301905/comments/ A short, wondrous life that has changed us all. Joseph Phoenix Crockett was born at 10:05 AM on February 13, 2011. He was not breathing when he was born because his arm had pinched off his umblical cord as he descended. The hospital re-started his heart but he was already gone,…
Laura Erickson Refuses Rhogam; Mother is Isoimmunized
In 2008 midwife Laura Erickson of Alma Midwifery refused to administer Rhogam to a young mother who requested it after experiencing bleeding in her first trimester. When the mother asked again in her third trimester, Ms Erickson refused saying that “Rhogam is not necessary for first trimester bleeding, and told the mother to “think it over and be…
Another Andaluz Midwife Attends A Fetal Demise Without Calling 911
In 2010 midwife Jennifer Gallardo advised a VBAC mother in labor that the infant variable heart rates detected could be just fine and that she could choose to either stay at home or go to the hospital but that she would have to have a c-section there. She also stated that she couldn’t determine which would be safer…
Twin Breech Birth Ends With Fractured Skull
While working with partner Jennifer Gallardo Jesica Dolin contracted with a mother pregnant with twins to do a home birth. After the delivery of the first twin it was determined that the second twin was footling breech the most dangerous form of breech. Ms Dolin did not call 911 nor transport the mother. Instead she proceeded to forcefully…
Jesica Dolin “Delivers” Footling Breech Over the Phone
In August of 2009 Jesica Dolin, of Andaluz Waterbirth Center, was referred to a mother from Washington State by Debra Conner, a RN who performed midwifery services and who was investigated in the death of one infant and severe injury to another. This mother was carrying a confirmed breech infant. Midwives in Washington had informed the…
Andaluz Midwife Attends Fetal Demise; Doesn’t Call 911
In August of 2009 around 9:30 PM Jesica Dolin arrived to attend a home birth. Without apparently assessing the mother or baby, Ms Dolin set up her equipment and then around 10:00 PM checked for a fetal heart rate. After trying for 20- 30 minutes no fetal heart tones could be determined. Ms Dolin did not…
Abandoned In Progress
On April 17, 1995, a baby was born at 8:00 am. According to a complaint later filed against attending midwife Clarebeth Loprinzi-Kassel, the mother attempted unsuccessfully to push the placenta out from that time until 2:00pm, at which point Ms. Loprinzi-Kassel and the other attending midwife both abandoned the mother with the placenta still implanted…
