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By Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, AdvCD/PCD/BDT(DONA) One of the questions we’re asked most often by clients and students is, “What do you think of my midwife/doctor/hospital?” That’s a complicated question and there’s no one perfect place to give birth in Southwest Michigan. How will your birth unfold? If we take a “control the controllables” approach,…

An Open Letter to the State of Michigan Doula Medicaid Proposal   The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently released a draft proposed policy discussing Medicaid coverage of doula services. As doulas and advocates for families statewide, we appreciate the State’s attention to this important issue and we strongly support the concept of…

By Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, AdvCD/PCD/BDT(DONA) Last week, physicians at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo made the decision to cut the number of midwives in their practice from seven midwives to three. This is a frustrating, troubling change for our community, and it will limit midwifery options for area families, setting us back in decades…

By Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, AdvCD/PCD/BDT(DONA) Today, we are celebrating the best of news! We received the official word late yesterday that administrators at Borgess Medical Center, an Ascension Health facility, have restored full midwifery privileges to the Certified Nurse Midwives practicing through Borgess Women’s Health. Fantastic! There are a number of very specific things to…