Client Zero turns 1

(me with my first doula baby)

On Wednesday my first doula client turned one year old! Unfortunately, I missed the party because of a family illness but I'm so amazed at how fast a year can fly by!

I was excited all month as I awaited the phone call from my client telling me she was in labor. It was my first client ever and I was worried my inexperience would shine through. I'm sure that it did but they were so nice to me it didn't matter one bit. I spent the entire labor with them at hospital. Our nurse was nice and the midwife is actually the same midwife that caught my friends two children!

It was a great learning experience for me (next time bring food). I'm glad that my first birth was a vaginal birth (my friend is working on her certification and she is convinced that she is cursed, 2 cesarean clients in a row) and that the couple was as nice to me as they were.

Hopefully soon I'll be celebrating the one year birthday of my first midwifery client!

Moving out, moving on

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."

— Sigmund Freud

Birth is the teacher

"Women deserve to birth with respect and kindness and honoring. The baby has the right to be born gently."
- Maria Iorillo, CPM



I absolutely love this video. I wish that all women had the opportunity to birth with providers that understand and cherish the sacred right of passage that is their birth experience.

Fall Semester 2010

Wednesday was my last day of my first semester of midwifery school. Time has flown by! It was such an amazingly happy time in my life. I've met some of the nicest and most awesome people. People that I will be spending the next three years with, people who will become my sister midwives! 

The drive was not that fun! It typically took over two hours to get from St.Pete/Tampa to Gainesville. The hardest part was waking up early, often before 6am.Once I even got a ticket! You live and learn!

 

The classes this semester were: Anatomy and Physiology I with lab, History of Midwifery, Psychology for Midwives, Interpersonal Relationship Skills, Health Care Skills I, and the HIV/AIDS workshop. This semester we also had CPR and Research Methods but I've already taken both of those. Overall, I think I did really well this semester and I hope everyone passed! I will know my grades when they are mailed to me the first week of January. 

Next semester we will be starting our clinical precepting with our midwives! I am so excited I can hardly wait for January!

The Essential Ingredient, Doula