Many women search for a midwife, because they want a water birth and their doctor doesn’t offer that service at the local hospital. Midwives are known for water births and the peacefulness this type of birth offers. Many hospital midwives aren’t familiar with water birth and tend to find the unknown skill a bit overwhelming. …
Has anyone seen the movie, “Business of Being Born?” Ricky Lake has been a monumental spokesperson for the money making backdrop systems present in the United States compared to other countries. Our society has made birth a booming business to be part of. Health care system has created assembly line maternity systems for women to …
Midwives give so much to women! We give our skills, complete call availability, personal time, relationships, and health. Being on call all the time is focused around client satisfaction and making them top priority in life. By putting birth first, all other relationships and personal self care is put second and many times last if …
Marketing your practice can’t be stressed enough how important it is. In general, businesses can’t survive without consumers knowing about their products and services. There are many ways to market, but want to focus on the power of referrals and networking. Midwives have high patient satisfaction scores and really need to take advantage of our …
The ability to communicate with people both inside and outside your organization is a key characteristic of successful midwifery business. Effective communication strengthens the connections between a practice, staff, and consumers. It benefits your midwifery business in numerous ways: stronger decision making and faster problem solving; earlier warning of potential problems; increased productivity and steadier …
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Midwifery is in higher demand than ever before! Covid-19 has made families realize that hospital means “sick house” and not the best place to be delivering normal, healthy babies. We have been given an immense opportunity to fill a need with the pandemic and need to take advantage of the midwifery momentum at play. Speak …
How many midwives fear taxes? I used to fear taxes, money, and business complexity. Now I love learning about tax laws, deductions, and finances because that was where my hard earned money was being given extra to the government. Our most expensive bill all our lives are taxes. We give average one third of our …
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With so many people on home quarantine, we have been really worked hard to get our online courses out sooner than scheduled! With barriers to going to midwifery conference and meetings, online education has been blowing up. There is such a need for education and in person conferences are a thing of the past. Online …
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It will take around two years for a vaccination or herd immunity to occur with Covid-19. The social distancing and personal protection equipment are our new normal. So much has happened in such a short amount of time. Midwives have had a massive increase in out of hospital birth demands, increase business overhead costs for …
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Midwifery practices are booming in United States. Covid-19 has really accelerated the demand and midwives are trying to keep up with the demands. Having a birth center for your already established home birth practice would be a great transition to serve more families. The challenge with a home birth practice is the radius a midwife …
