Good Luck Jan-Dear and Dina...

I know you two won't need it. ;)

Send me an update.

XoXo!

None, according to Erik Lee in Bossy Midwives. Sometimes we just need to lighten up a bit when we talk about birth. I think you'll enjoy his thoughts. A teaser:

An anesthesiologist, an OB, and a midwife walked into a bar. The anesthesiologist ordered a pitcher of stout and a double burger; the OB ordered a Reuben and a bottle of red wine; the ( Read more... )

Received this in my inbox this morning... Is it bad that it put a feather in my hat to get a MASS email from AAWHONN???

Get your strokes where you can I guess....
Dear Customer,

Our records indicate that you purchased the AWHONN monograph Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation (2nd ed.). by Nancy Fischbeck Feinstein, Ann Sprague, and Marie Josée Trépanier. ( Read more... )

I don't know if even I get this.... but anyways.

So, spoke to the Clinical Director.... and she wants me to start looking at places of interest, firing off emails, and seeing what I get.

The biggest issue is going to be the Continuity of Care.... With some provinces, like SK, needing 10... and places like BC requiring 30.... I guess I will aim for ( Read more... )

And I gotta say 'YAY Louise!!!!!'

http://www.cbc.ca/mainstreetns/

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/11/20/a-midwife-crisis/

'Across the country, initiatives designed to quickly and safely bolster the number of midwives are springing up-programs designed to speed up accreditation for internationally trained midwives, or offer advanced standing to nurses who want to transition into midwifery.'

I'd laugh out loud, if that ( Read more... )