midwifery musings. reflections. poems. blooming.
Okay, so my last post may have been a tad #depressing. Did you know, it gets better!? Today I presented at a McMaster info day where prospective students come to learn more about the midwifery program, the admissions process and what the program looks like. It was difficult to explain the whole program to people and what …
Continue reading River runnin’ free, you know how I feel
It feels like yesterday that I sat down, well-rested, and keen to start my final year of midwifery, peacefully writing about transition with no clue that I was about to feel like I'd been hit by a train. Twice. Your senior year of midwifery is a whole new ballgame. You walk out of your first placement …
"I can't do this anymore... I'm done, done, done." Transition, moving the last bit of cervix out of the way to bring your baby deeper, and ultimately closer. In this phase, women go deeper, too. Often retreating somewhere quiet and dark, speaking very little and allowing each powerful wave of labour wash over, completely consumed …
Artist of the week by Amanda Greavette
Belly birth. Cesarean delivery. A C-section... It was recently cesarean section awareness week, so this weeks' art post is fitting. A cesarean birth is not "the easy way out," and has many implications of its own. A lifesaving intervention when truly indicated. Cesarean section is used to deliver almost 30 percent of babies born in …
Sea of Love by. Amanda Greavette Nothing to comment on here... I just love this artist and wanted to share.
In a previous post, I commented on how fast I thought this year would go... and it did! To think a few years ago I was sitting in my dorm room watching birth videos and reading crunchy birth books thinking "wow, I wanna be a midwife!" It's fun to think back on those times, and …
