Questions:
Questions To Ask
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How busy is your practice?
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Do you limit the number of clients you serve so you have more individual time with each one?
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How long is an average prenatal visit? (will you have adequate time to ask all of your questions?)
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How did you become a midwife?
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What is your training?
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What is your certifications?
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Do you have an assistant?
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Do you have a back up midwife?
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Are you available 24 / 7 ?
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What emergency equipment do you bring to births?
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What are your services?
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What is your philosophy of birth?
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Do you belong to midwifery organizations?
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Do you do continuing education units to keep current with new information?(CEU’s)
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Do you subscribe to professional journals, to keep current with new information?
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If you are on vacation, or have a day off, who covers for you?
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What is your transfer rate?
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What is your c-section rate?
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What is your back up plan?
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Do you have a back up doctor?
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What post partum care do you provide?
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How many births have you attended / helped with as a total?
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What is you fee, and how does it need to be paid?
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Do you accept insurance?
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Do you bill insurance?
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Does you fee cover everything?
