tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553033253431866006.post4678848405902140278..comments2023-10-02T08:09:03.390-07:00Comments on Dr. Stu's Blog. I am delighted you are here and hope you find my insights enlightening. : Only 2 state-licensed birthing centers in Central Indiana closeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00256992700668675213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553033253431866006.post-40125683596820515402014-02-05T07:41:25.926-08:002014-02-05T07:41:25.926-08:00Barbara Bechtel, the midwife operating the Expecta...Barbara Bechtel, the midwife operating the Expectations center closed after significant and protracted litigation following the intrapartum death of a baby in her care in 2003. Bechtel lost on appeal in 2010 on her argument that the bereaved parents could not sue over the death since the baby had died before she was born. She was also sanctioned in 2012 for abandoning thousands of patient records when she left the state in 2011.<br /><br />"There were attempts to resuscitate Skyleigh for twenty-five minutes, but it became evident that the infant died while Brown was in labor and that the fetal heart rate monitor, which had indicated a heart rate, was actually registering Brown's heart rate. An examination of the umbilical cord and placenta revealed “a large thrombus midway in the cord.” Id. at 270. An autopsy revealed no abnormalities in Skyleigh." - See more at: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/in-court-of-appeals/1533168.html#sthash.vtTvIXDM.dpuf<br /><br />http://pendleton-gazette.com/nurse-midwifes-license-suspended-after-abandoning-patient-records/<br /><br />Skyleigh's grave<br /><br />http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36127459<br /><br />She should be eleven years old.<br /><br />Bechtel is alive and well and has opened up shop in Brooklyn.http://dahliamidwifery.wordpress.com/Bonivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695488361780156672noreply@blogger.com