Gina Thompson
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I just thought, how long will it take before this can be stopped? And that's really when I started figuring out there were not many places to go to or people to go to. So that was a really hard thing to go through knowing I was becoming a part of that community.
I just thought, how long will it take before this can be stopped? And that's really when I started figuring out there were not many places to go to or people to go to. So that was a really hard thing to go through knowing I was becoming a part of that community.
Yes, very, very hard to see. Became harder as time went on and their birth centers grew and their clientele grew because the seemingly perfect portrayal of births and the herbal baths and the pictures and the videos, very hard knowing that underneath that, if you look behind the pretty, was just a whole undercurrent of not good for anyone.
Yes, very, very hard to see. Became harder as time went on and their birth centers grew and their clientele grew because the seemingly perfect portrayal of births and the herbal baths and the pictures and the videos, very hard knowing that underneath that, if you look behind the pretty, was just a whole undercurrent of not good for anyone.
Yes, very, very hard to see. Became harder as time went on and their birth centers grew and their clientele grew because the seemingly perfect portrayal of births and the herbal baths and the pictures and the videos, very hard knowing that underneath that, if you look behind the pretty, was just a whole undercurrent of not good for anyone.
I do believe that part of Gina's philosophy, the shortcut method that she presented to me on here's how you could become a midwife so quickly, that just from the get go was a lot of you can make a lot of money. While I appreciate that everyone has to make a living and I am my family's only income, you have to value people's lives over the money.
I do believe that part of Gina's philosophy, the shortcut method that she presented to me on here's how you could become a midwife so quickly, that just from the get go was a lot of you can make a lot of money. While I appreciate that everyone has to make a living and I am my family's only income, you have to value people's lives over the money.
I do believe that part of Gina's philosophy, the shortcut method that she presented to me on here's how you could become a midwife so quickly, that just from the get go was a lot of you can make a lot of money. While I appreciate that everyone has to make a living and I am my family's only income, you have to value people's lives over the money.
I think that a lot of the argument that people have about hospitals being a business, the overwhelming drive for hospitals is to get people in and out, in and out, because that's more money. It can also apply to out of hospital birth with birth centers such as Origins.
I think that a lot of the argument that people have about hospitals being a business, the overwhelming drive for hospitals is to get people in and out, in and out, because that's more money. It can also apply to out of hospital birth with birth centers such as Origins.
I think that a lot of the argument that people have about hospitals being a business, the overwhelming drive for hospitals is to get people in and out, in and out, because that's more money. It can also apply to out of hospital birth with birth centers such as Origins.
you have owners that now are wanting to not practice and just run a business and you have multiple locations that you can't be at but a huge part of midwifery care is the relationship that you have with the client that's what makes it valuable to the client and to the midwife is you're investing a lot of time and care the money becomes more important when you are removed from that
you have owners that now are wanting to not practice and just run a business and you have multiple locations that you can't be at but a huge part of midwifery care is the relationship that you have with the client that's what makes it valuable to the client and to the midwife is you're investing a lot of time and care the money becomes more important when you are removed from that
you have owners that now are wanting to not practice and just run a business and you have multiple locations that you can't be at but a huge part of midwifery care is the relationship that you have with the client that's what makes it valuable to the client and to the midwife is you're investing a lot of time and care the money becomes more important when you are removed from that
I think we see that in a lot of businesses, a lot of things in the world that money will take over when you lose the personal connection. I think that's a lot of what has happened here that has led to poor outcomes. Some of it not being the people directly involved with the care of those clients, but from the owners themselves and the way that they ran the business.
I think we see that in a lot of businesses, a lot of things in the world that money will take over when you lose the personal connection. I think that's a lot of what has happened here that has led to poor outcomes. Some of it not being the people directly involved with the care of those clients, but from the owners themselves and the way that they ran the business.
I think we see that in a lot of businesses, a lot of things in the world that money will take over when you lose the personal connection. I think that's a lot of what has happened here that has led to poor outcomes. Some of it not being the people directly involved with the care of those clients, but from the owners themselves and the way that they ran the business.
Some of that does come from the monetary aspect. With my practice, I don't bill insurance. People pay a fee and that's it. And then I break it down if they need it prorated, etc. I think when you function as it sounds like Origins functioned with billing insurance and needing clients to continue their growth with more midwives working there, more birth centers,
Some of that does come from the monetary aspect. With my practice, I don't bill insurance. People pay a fee and that's it. And then I break it down if they need it prorated, etc. I think when you function as it sounds like Origins functioned with billing insurance and needing clients to continue their growth with more midwives working there, more birth centers,
Some of that does come from the monetary aspect. With my practice, I don't bill insurance. People pay a fee and that's it. And then I break it down if they need it prorated, etc. I think when you function as it sounds like Origins functioned with billing insurance and needing clients to continue their growth with more midwives working there, more birth centers,