My week

Ok, so it's Friday and I haven't posted a thing all week (obviously).
my week started off well on Monday, seeing appointments (well, observing appointments) with my preceptor. I observed some routine stuff, a prenatal for a mom that is 34 weeks, an initial prenatal for a mom at 11 weeks... All went well and the appointments lasted for an hour each. Very nice. I saw a mom that had just had her baby 4 days prior (A HBA3C!! with a 9lb 13 oz baby) and her baby is gorgeous. She was actually seeing the Chiropractor, not the midwife. That mom just plain rocks.
Monday evening we went to do a home visit for a mom that is due soon. Her birth will be my first as an apprentice midwife. Exciting!!

Then late Monday night rolled around.... Jim was up all night vomiting, then the older kids woke up and vomited, too. Fun.

Jim got up and went to work Tuesday morning because it was technically his first day starting a new job and he couldn't call out on his first day!
The kids stayed home with me. Then I started to feel woozy. Great. I didn't actually "get sick" until late in the afternoon and the kids were pretty much done puking at that point.

Tuesday night was a bad one for me. I threw up and then felt better. Then my stomach started to hurt like hell again and I couldn't get comfortable in bed. I tossed and turned all night long.

Wednesday the kids stayed home again because they weren't 100% and hadn't really eaten much at that point yet. I was supposed to see an appointment with my preceptor that day and Mr. Baby was supposed to hang out with a friend, but I was too ill. My preceptor was very sweet about it. In fact, her husband had been vomiting on Tuesday as well.

Thursday I felt much better and the big kids did, too, so off to school they went. I had a day of doing loads of laundry that came out of nowhere.

Today (Friday) was spent with my friend. We picked up a dresser (from another friend) and then headed back to her house to hang out and talk birth stuff. She is actually apprenticing with the same preceptor as I. She's also 33 weeks pregnant so I played around palpating her belly and measuring her. Fun stuff for birth junkies like me. Super boring for people that could care less.
Then I went and picked up the big kids from school and here I am now.

Tomorrow night we're going to hang out with some friends and have a bonfire. That should be fun for the kids.

Getting started

Yesterday I met my preceptor at her office and got the run down of how things work. She showed me where everything is and we went over charts, her birth bag, etc...
Tomorrow morning I start seeing appts with her. I'll just be in the background observing, but it's still very exciting.
We went out to lunch afterwards and talked birth. We mainly told our own personal birth stories with a very curious onlooker listening nearby. Thank goodness we didn't talk placenta prints, placenta capsules or eating placentas! LMAO!!

It's official!!

I am officially an apprentice midwife!! I couldn't be happier. My husband is even thrilled. He's been asking me for years when I was going to start studying to become a midwife. My friend Jen and I will be swapping babysitting with each other and I have another friend that will be "on call" for me when we have clients near their "due date".

We're changing the world, one birth at a time!!!

Pregnant in America

On Monday night I attended a viewing of the new documentary entitled, Pregnant in America- A Nation's Miscarriage. It's a very eyes opening documentary for those who are not really involved in the birthing community and birth politics. I highly recommend anyone that is pregnant or planning to become pregnant to please see this movie.

The movie has really motivated me to look into finally beginning my path towards midwifery. We need more midwives. We need better laws regarding midwives and homebirth. We need birth to be out of the hands of trained surgeons and into the hands of people who believe it is normal for babies to be born vaginally.

So on Thursday night I am meeting with a local midwife and we're going to discuss me possibly becoming her apprentice. I am very excited to begin my journey. I don't know how long it will actually take me to become a licensed midwife, but I do know that it WILL happen and I couldn't be happier.

Check out the trailer for Pregnant in America. Notice that the founder of Hypnobabies is in this film! Yay Hypnobabies!
Let's change the world. One birth at a time.

My first blog post!

I'm not sure what to say! :P LOL Since it's kind of late, I'll just start by saying Hi to all out there! I'll be back tomorrow because there is a subject I'd like to post about when I have the momentum.
Good night!