Now that summer is over, many of my friends are starting or getting back to their midwifery studies and I've started thinking about what my own future holds.  As I've been thinking about my options, I've tried to imagine my life as a full-time midwife; juggling the work of midwifery clinic hours, family time, births, and other responsibilities.  It ( Read more... )

I worked today and I had to go down to the nurse's station a few times today, walking past the LDRP where Abby spent most of her life, and the room where I waited while they worked on her.  Then tonight, I had to recert my CPR.  It isn't as bad as doing NRP, but doing CPR on a baby doll, especially right now.....is kind of awful.

When I wake up in ( Read more... )

Oh, mothers, so weary, discouraged,
Worn out with the cares of the day,
You often grow cross and impatient,
Complain of the noise and the play.

For the day brings many vexations,
So many things go amiss.
But, mothers, whatever may vex you,
Send the children to bed with a kiss

The dear little feet often wander,
Perhaps from the pathways of right.
The dear ( Read more... )