tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528296255746793654.post342094947730579941..comments2011-11-04T14:04:02.038+08:00Comments on Surprisingly Domestic: Save homebirth! Shame on you, Nicola Roxon!Georgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09018368652374716825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528296255746793654.post-80934661346132878382009-06-25T18:49:25.173+08:002009-06-25T18:49:25.173+08:00Add vbac to that list as well. Sorry to take over ...Add vbac to that list as well. Sorry to take over your really good post - it's such a complicated topic and multifaceted and there so no easy answer.Emma Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388385529868390033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528296255746793654.post-13037697179131201152009-06-25T18:41:48.907+08:002009-06-25T18:41:48.907+08:00Thank you for clarifying, Emma.Thank you for clarifying, Emma.Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09018368652374716825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528296255746793654.post-73313870221841646492009-06-25T15:59:10.435+08:002009-06-25T15:59:10.435+08:00It's not just that MIPPS can't get insuran...It's not just that MIPPS can't get insurance to practice - no midwife will be able to attend a homebirth, regardless of whether she has insurance or not (and also regardless of whether she works in a hospital or not, so no moonlighting will be allowed either), as it will be outside her scope of practice and the rules associated with her registration. <br /><br />To entice someone to do that: $30,000 fine potentially.<br /><br />To do so: $30,000 fine potentially as well.<br /><br />Keep in mind also that many MIPPS don't want insurance and would decline but for it to be linked to registration. No one is going to insure me to be with women who are outside of the very restrictive guidelines that are used at the moment to define "low risk" - no twins, no breech, no less than x weeks (some say 38, some say 36), no more than 41 weeks (despite a normal pregnancy being 42 weeks), no previous obstetric history, no medical conditions, no young/old/fat/thin/less than perfect. <br /><br />Whether I take a woman on or not is entirely between me and her. It should have nothing to do with my registration.Emma Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388385529868390033noreply@blogger.com