Comments | babycatcher33: deja vu

babycatcher33

deja vu

Mar 02, 2009 12:34

What have I just done?

I called Casa to ask them about a clinical placement in May. I was told that I likely would NOT get 7 births in two weeks, maybe in three weeks. I really didn't want to be gone for more than 2 weeks, and 4 weeks seems absolutely unbearable especially since Charlotte is still so young :-/ I wish I could take her with me.

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preceptors, plea, casa, money

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becoming_rachel March 2 2009, 19:35:08 UTC

Manitoba! (grins). That's where I'm at.
Feel free to message me if you want to know more about the place or need help.
:) Best wishes.

babycatcher33 March 3 2009, 05:39:37 UTC

Well, I'll be there in the Fall to write the national midwifery exam and I might come back in November for the annual CAM conference - we'll see. Are you in or near Winnipeg? That's where I'll be going in October and maybe November.

maine_girl March 2 2009, 20:50:13 UTC

Oh my wow! Casa sounds like quite a special place. I hope it works out with the fees!

babycatcher33 March 3 2009, 05:41:13 UTC

Yeah, Dina and I went there for 9 weeks back in '05 and I didn't think I'd have to go back :-/ They knocked off $250 for the fees, and I don't have to submit the $250 application fee, so that's good. It's all details from here - overwhelming, scary, exhausting details.

tesslouise March 2 2009, 23:05:51 UTC

What have you done? Tried to move forward, again, against all odds. This is not a bad thing. Scary and frustrating, but not bad.

babycatcher33 March 3 2009, 05:42:56 UTC

Yes, your right. I'm just so tired, yanno? I know that Kim and Julia are old enough to understand where I am and what I'm doing, but it makes me physically ill to think of leaving Charlotte again. She's not going to understand where mommy is and I hate how she will feel without me. *cry*

tesslouise March 3 2009, 13:52:37 UTC

:( I wish I could fix that one for you!

laurab2000 March 3 2009, 01:17:41 UTC

Is it this difficult for any midwife program in Canada?? (I hope that's not a dumb question..) My reason for asking is because when I was at a community college to become an RN, once I was in the program, all my clinicals were decided for me. I never had to find a place.

Do you have to be an RN to be a midwife? I am pretty sure in the states that you have to be an RN first.

Regardless, I am praying that it all falls together for you! You deserve this so much!

babycatcher33 March 3 2009, 05:45:21 UTC

Not a dumb question, don't worry. If I had done a Canadian midwifery program it would be easy peasy, but I did a US based program because when I started school there was only ONE program in Canada and it was very far away. Since I'm a US student, I don't have liability insurance coverage so I can't do ANY clinical here which drives me nucking futs.

Midwives in Canada do NOT have to be RN's to become midwives - the university education programs are all direct entry. Midwives in the US don't have to be RN's either - there are Nurse-Midwives, and Direct Entry Midwives (CPM's) in the US, btu I think only CNM's can do hospital births.

So courageous... lyorana March 3 2009, 01:30:21 UTC

Hi,
I came across your journal while searching for midwifery info :) I read a few of your more recent entry and then went back to the beggining. And I couldn't stop reading about your experience in Casa... So interesting and fascinating... It's funny you consider about going back now, it's an amazing continuity to my reader's eyes !

I really wanted to tell you how courageous you are. It looks so tough to become a midwife in the Prairies... And yet you continue to study hard, taking care of your kids, working hard... It's amazing.

I live in Quebec (that explains the bad English!), have no kids yet. I sent an application a few days ago to the university to become a midwife... No preceptor to search for, no distance courses to take... It looks so easy I'm ashamed... just have to cross my fingers. So I can't but applaud everything you're doing to reach your goal. You're so close now...

I wish you a lot of success!

Re: So courageous... babycatcher33 March 3 2009, 05:49:36 UTC

Yes, I don't think Canadian midwifery students really understand how easy they've got it. When I started my midwifery education there was only one program, in Ontario. I couldn't imagine moving my family that far east - it seemed to much, too expensive, too scary. Now that I look back, I should have done it. Since I started school, there are several other Canadian programs going but I've come this far, I don't want to start all over again, not now!

Also, in the years that I was interested in midwifery, several of our Saskatchewan midwives left to go to BC, Alberta, and Ontario to practice and to get an education. None of them ever came back and I didn't want to do the same thing so after MUCH consideration, I decided to do a distance education midwifery program where I could stay here in my own province and still get my midwifery degree. It made sense at the time but it's turned out to be such a challenge, to say the least :-/

Good luck with your application and education! Canada needs more midwives!!