I also have many young children. I spoke with a couple of directors of midwifery programs as well as my own midwife and their advice was all the same:
Enjoy being a mom now, use the time to do the reading part of my studies. When the children are teens or older, THEN start apprenticing. There is life after children. You don't have to cram it all together at once. In fact, what is the philosophy of midwives beyond a natural birth experience? To promote womanhood/mothering.
Just the advice I was given, my take on it, and how many other women are approaching it.
Enjoy being a mom now, use the time to do the reading part of my studies. When the children are teens or older, THEN start apprenticing. There is life after children. You don't have to cram it all together at once. In fact, what is the philosophy of midwives beyond a natural birth experience? To promote womanhood/mothering.
Just the advice I was given, my take on it, and how many other women are approaching it.
