Becoming a midwife has been Leslie’s life long dream. She didn’t realize that this wonderful profession would lead me down the path of business. Leslie have found over the years that midwives need to understand business, accounting, financing, marketing, negotiating, and so much more to be successful in today’s health care system. By being able to participate in leadership roles and create amazing private practices, she can support midwives just as much as the pregnant women they care for! Leslie is very passionate about women’s empowerment and women business ownership. She believes we can serve families best with independent successful midwifery practices.
Leslie has over 20yrs experience in health care by working in hospitals, birth centers, and home settings. She has worked with large non-profit hospitals, small community hospitals, privately run birth centers, hospital owned birth centers, and my own home birth / birth center practice. By being able to understand the business and financial side of midwifery profession, we can make practices more successful in today’s health care ever changing climate.
Let us help you start your own practice or improve the current practice you are struggling with. Leslie has many years of experience with billing, accounting, contracting, business plan writing, and clinical expertise to make any midwifery practice thrive no matter what stage it is in! Whether you want a small home birth practice, large birth center practice, or booming hospital midwifery practice, Midwifery Business Consultation can provide guidance, support, and resources to make your midwifery practice dreams a reality!
Deidre is a wife, mother, and Certified Professional Midwife. She has been in practice for nearly two decades. Deidre is married to Jerry, a chiropractor for over 39 years. They have several children ranging between the ages of twelve to thirty-two. Deidre confidently states, “Being a wife and mother is who I am; As a child, I was enamored with babies and moms. Thankfully, the Lord gave me children and grandchildren whom I love and enjoy so much.” With children of her own, she had a variety of experiences at home, the hospital, and at a birth care center. Personally, Deidre loved her water birth experiences.
Deidre is a midwife simply because it is what God has “called” her to do. Her natural birth philosophy was initially formed after the tragic birth of her nephew that resulted in the loss of her only sister in 1991. Her home birth practice is based on The Midwifery Model of Care, as defined by MANA, is the philosophy she has adhered to in her many years of practice, which affirms that pregnancy and birth are normal life events. Specifically, the miraculous way God creates new life and grows families. Deidre is so delighted to have trained multiple students in the art of midwifery. Encouraging the next generation of midwives and her sister midwives has developed into a passion.
She has learned so much from her two decades in practice. Her special skills are geared to creative practice management of multiple midwife groups especially those who do home births. She thinks all midwives need other midwives to avoid burnout. She strongly believes that working with other midwives is a must if we want to do a good job in the field plus take care of ourselves while maintaining the capacity to stay close to the people we love. She is excited to join MBC as a consultant! She believes they have an incredible array of tools, forms and resources for so many situations. She shares, “I just wish I could have had them around when I first started . Midwife life would have been so much easier!” If you need encouragement, resources or just have a few questions answered reach out she will do everything she can to help find a solution to any issue.
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