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TTC After a Loss
Texas77again
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work vent
Texas77again
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i caught a baby last week for a client and now she is having a medical problem. she needs to go to the dr but she doesn't have a ride. she is here from another country to have her baby and staying with her brother. he works and goes to school and can't take her to her appt.
mind you we've already talked to the dr and he said he can't repair her problem until she heals more from the birth, like maybe 4-6 weeks from now. he just wants to see her for a consult. so, long story long, my boss called me yesterday and asked me if i would take her to her appt, especially since i caught the baby.
only problem is she lives 1.5 hrs away! 
so i'm going to drive up to her house, take her to the dr (probably a 15 min appt) and then drop her off at home and then go home. really?
she is a wonderful person and i really like her, if she lived closer it wouldn't even be an issue. i hate that i feel this way, i wish i was the kind of person who would be glad to do this kind of favor.
thanks for listening.
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Re: work vent
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i already said i would do it and called her to confirm it.
money is a problem for her and the dr is 25 mins away from her house so that would be a really expensive cab ride. i really feel like it's not my problem.
not by my job, the client might give me some money for gas..etc. but there's no guarantee about that.
ummm, it wasn't my choice to do this and if i did have a choice i probably wouldn't do it. is that still sweet of me??
Man, that really stinks. I was going to ask if your boss would reimburse you for gas at least.
If your boss is asking this of you, you should be getting reimbursed.
Do you have a typical territory you work in? Do you not charge mileage for out of area clients? I am wondering because that would make sense from a business standpoint.
i think it's kinda bs that the dr wants you to drive her, and yet it's not your job. IMO, it should either be part of your responsibility which you will receive compensation for, or they should leave you out of it. you can tell them i said that, too.
since we do home births we go wherever the client lives. so i don't have a specific territory. we do charge for out of area clients but that is based on their distance from the clinic. she is not outside that area. i am the one that lives so far away from the clinic, 82 miles. typically someone else who lives closer would do things like this, but that isn't possible today.
the client is supposedly strapped for cash and so we are doing this as a favor to her. we do a lot of favors for our clients. we donate money to buy them groceries, we discount our rates, we do what we can to help them out in the interest of women and their families in our community.
midwives don't make much money- you do the job because you love it. i do love it, but love aint gonna fill the gas tank today. kwim?
ditto this.
Wow, you are amazing for doing this. I Love to help out when I can but I am not sure how I would react in your situation. In your case I hope what goes around comes around