Here's my re-intro:
Name: Jessica (I'm homeschooled)
Age: 18
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Birth Work: Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator for a nonprofit teen crisis pregnancy center
Midwifery: Currently self study; will be starting with MCU in August '08
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My dad in particular. He spent all four of my highschool years trying to convince me that becoming a Registered Nurse and then a CNM was the best path for me. When he grudgingly consented to me attending a CPM college, he insisted that I attend one that granted degrees (MCU), that I pay for it (he would've payed for my CNM degree), and also that I first get my Licenced Practical Nurse certificate (a "real" title; whatever. He will pay for it). So I totally get it rnchrista
. He just recently told me "Jessica, I think you would really enjoy being a Nurse Anesthetist." Yeah---administering epidurals? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! I replied, "No thanks dad, I prefer to work with well people, not sick ones. I also want to catch babies. Nurse Anesthetist is definitely not for me." He just doesn't understand that helping women birth is a calling; not a profession.
On a more cheerful note, I have been on vacation with my family for the last two weeks. We will return day after tommorrow. While I was down here in the Florida Keys having fun, I have managed to read "Spiritual Midwifery" by Ina May Gaskin, "A Midwife's Tale" (Martha Bullard's diary), and part of "The Fussy Baby Book" by Dr. and Mrs. Sears. I've also gotten another potential doula birth lined up through e-mail; I just have to meet up with the client when I get back before we solidify things. Can you tell I've had an awesome two weeks?!
I'll talk to you girls later!
Name: Jessica (I'm homeschooled)
Age: 18
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Birth Work: Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator for a nonprofit teen crisis pregnancy center
Midwifery: Currently self study; will be starting with MCU in August '08
Quote:
| Most people don't understand the difference between choosing a profession and having a "calling". |
:My dad in particular. He spent all four of my highschool years trying to convince me that becoming a Registered Nurse and then a CNM was the best path for me. When he grudgingly consented to me attending a CPM college, he insisted that I attend one that granted degrees (MCU), that I pay for it (he would've payed for my CNM degree), and also that I first get my Licenced Practical Nurse certificate (a "real" title; whatever. He will pay for it). So I totally get it rnchrista
. He just recently told me "Jessica, I think you would really enjoy being a Nurse Anesthetist." Yeah---administering epidurals? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! I replied, "No thanks dad, I prefer to work with well people, not sick ones. I also want to catch babies. Nurse Anesthetist is definitely not for me." He just doesn't understand that helping women birth is a calling; not a profession.On a more cheerful note, I have been on vacation with my family for the last two weeks. We will return day after tommorrow. While I was down here in the Florida Keys having fun, I have managed to read "Spiritual Midwifery" by Ina May Gaskin, "A Midwife's Tale" (Martha Bullard's diary), and part of "The Fussy Baby Book" by Dr. and Mrs. Sears. I've also gotten another potential doula birth lined up through e-mail; I just have to meet up with the client when I get back before we solidify things. Can you tell I've had an awesome two weeks?!
I'll talk to you girls later!
(in a good way). 
:, both of who are on complete opposite sides of the spectrum regarding personality, but i absolutely LOVE both of them (they both attended my birth) one is a jewish lesbian from NY (blunt and kinda tough) with a relatively high volume practice 3-5 births/month and well women care, and the other is a hippie groovy woman (chooses words more carefully) with a lower volume of 1-2 births a month. i'm hoping to end up falling somewhere in the middle of the 2 spectrums 
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