Scaling Up and Sustaining Midwifery
Scaling Up and Sustaining Midwifery
About Us
Grow Midwives works on building relationships and educating physicians, hospitals, and midwives about best practices in collaborative care experiences. A variety of care models, in a variety of settings, can be implemented with our expert assistance.
Our Services
We scale up and sustain Midwifery in the US through our four product lines: one-on-one assistance with midwives, practice development, birth facility settings, and advocacy work. Have your voice heard and grow your practice with Grow Midwives.
Events
Grow Midwives focuses on coordinating stakeholders from every level of the medical community to create change through advocacy and awareness. Join us at our different speaking and educational events throughout the year.
About Us
Grow Midwives works on building relationships and educating physicians, hospitals, and midwives about best practices in collaborative care experiences. A variety of care models, in a variety of settings, can be implemented with our expert assistance.
Our Services
We scale up and sustain Midwifery in the US through our four product lines: one-on-one assistance with midwives, practice development, birth facility settings, and advocacy work. Have your voice heard and grow your practice with Grow Midwives.
Events
Grow Midwives focuses on coordinating stakeholders from every level of the medical community to create change through advocacy and awareness. Join us at our different speaking and educational events throughout the year.
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Our Thoughts
Covenants Not to Compete: Contract Perils Webinar
This 90 minute recorded webinar with Joseph Booth and Ginger Breedlove zeros in on a specific area of Restrictive Covenants - the noncompete. #GrowMidwives review of now over 200 contracts has evaluated a wide range of restrictive covenants for midwife employment...
Landing the Interview & Job Offer Seminar
Listen to this 90-minute recorded live Webinar with Ginger Breedlove discussion 6 key strategies to landing an interview and getting a job offer. Topics include: Readiness to apply, Application Process, Follow-up, Readiness to Interview, Interview and Negotiations. A...
Professional liability coverage: 411 for Midwives on Claims-made, Occurrence, Nose, Tail and Gap (Recorded June 17, 2020)
To address concern with increasing trends in poorly written midwifery contracts and to enhance awareness of professional liability coverage, a 90-minute, live, interactive Webinar was provided by the Grow Midwives team of Joseph Booth and Ginger Breedlove. Discussion...
Meet Grow Midwives
Ginger Breedlove
PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Principal Consultant
Lesley Rathburn
MSN, CNM, FNP, FACNM
Senior Consultant
Joseph Booth
JD, Mdiv., FAAML
In-House Counsel
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Are you curious if Grow Midwives can help you? This video is a great place to start to find out if we would make a great team together!
Half way through a great day scaling up and sustaining Midwives.
Started by meeting the CNM I am mentoring over this next year. We were paired by the ACNM Students and New Midwives Committee Mentoring Program. It was a gift to meet this emerging Midwife, learn about challenges starting her career and hear about new opportunities ahead. Discussions included how to become a recognized and contributing team member, how to develop dynamic collaborating relationships and how to gain value in your worth.
Second call with seasoned midwife seeking guidance on navigating challenges of a huge health system. A system that rapidly developed multiple practices under one umbrella with many clinical sites, while also being new to understanding the Midwifery model of care. We discussed how to understand, with precision vision, the health system expectations of the large practice, administrative workload expectations, and equitable salary among providers as leading topics.
The third call was a wonderful opportunity to engage with two Vanderbilt Midwifery students who set out to podcast programming content specific to students. Emili and Hannah were interested in my thoughts about the 'business of midwifery'. The 411 on job seeking, what you want vs need in a job, finding voice and how networking advances career opportunities. What a joy to spend an hour sharing! (pic below).
Next up, speaking to a group of emerging leaders from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation Salk Fellows Program. The content focus is on how to lead Activism and Change. I'm excited to share my journey of being a Midwife in the US, and highlight the urgent need to mainstream midwives in the US to improve health outcomes #2020yearofthemidwife
All to say, engaging and working alongside so many individuals and groups also interested in advancing Midwifery fills the soul. Here's to more days like today.
#GrowMidwives
#2020yearofthemidwife
Midwifery IS growing! Here’s a short tour of news articles from THIS week:
California midwives are key to Sutter Health System and have been for many years. (Article below)
Indiana, Community Hospital North in Indianapolis
Recently launched a new midwifery department.
indianapublicmedia.org/news/midwifery-gains-in-popularity-around-indiana.php
Memphis TN, Region One Health Center Midwives
A teaching academic center preparing to partner with UTHSC School of Nursing to launch a new midwifery education program
www.regionalonehealth.org/blog/2020/09/11/nurse-midwives-can-enhance-the-joy-of-pregnancy-and-chi...
Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine
A university based practice.
www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/womens-health/2020/september/how-certified-nurse-midwives-work...
And Birmingham, Alabama
An expanding, collaborative private practice.
simonwilliamsonclinic.com/specialties/obgyn-midwifery/
#GrowMidwives
#2020yearofthemidwife
www.sutterhealth.org/newsroom/birth-never-takes-a-holiday-even-during-a-pandemic
Birth Never Takes a Holiday—Even During a Pandemic | Newsroom | Sutter Health
www.sutterhealth.org
Birth Never Takes a Holiday—Even During a Pandemic Nurse-Midwives Continue to Care for Moms during Pregnancy and BirthJessica Nagel, CNM. Photo: Birth Fusion/Jennifer Anderson Birth PhotographyMany ...It is possible to blend work and relaxation. Take it from someone whose gear is often perceived as in continuous overtime.
Today it was an honor to work with two midwives trying to find their way thru less than desirable work situations and to demonstrate that there are always choices to be made. Stepping back and feeling affirmed that being right does not make reality simpler — but is one step toward finding what is next.
And often that includes understanding contractual boundaries, restrictions and responsibilities.
#GrowMidwives provided a comprehensive contract review, fielded multiple questions from midwives and a physician group wanting to start a midwife service, and supported direction for a future midwifery program.
In addition, the day included work to advance #MarchforMoms as a leading voice to improve perinatal health was a priority.
All to say YOUR work is important, and so is stepping away for self happiness.
Here’s to more days like today! www.growmidwives.com
A remarkable and wonderful story to read about one persons journey to become a midwife. 🧡
“Anacelis’ dream of becoming a midwife was born during her sister’s pregnancy. She attended her sister’s prenatal visits and was present for her labor and delivery. I saw first-hand the connection that the midwives developed with my sister and the exceptional care that my sister received.”
Thank you to the Baystate Midwifery program faculty for your role in supporting this new midwifes dream, graduating this summer.
And Congratulations to Anacelis Fecha, CNM!
#2020yearofthemidwife
#GrowMidwives
www.baystatehealth.org/news/2020/09/how-baystate-helped-birth-a-midwife
Midwife Anacelis Fecha: Her Story of Opportunity, Hard Work, and Perseverance
www.baystatehealth.org
Anacelis Fecha dreamed of being a midwife for years. Life got in the way, but Baystate Springfield Education Partnership and Midwifery Education Program helped her achieve her goals.