It has been a very long time since I have felt the call to be involved in birth work and to continue on my path to becoming a midwife. In the last few months, that call has been almost impossible to ignore. Serving women on their journey to motherhood is my passion and I need to start giving it the attention that it deserves.
I've recently decided to get back into the Doula world, as well as teach myself how to encapsulate placentas as another service to offer my clients. I would love to learn bellycasting too, but that will most likely have to wait until I am pregnant. I want to get myself involved in my local community, as far as birth goes. I also have a plan in the works for restarting my midwifery schooling through AAMI. Unfortunately, that may have to wait until I have a month long break from "regular" college.
Today I had a lovely phone conversation about a new project happening in Kitsap County and was just in awe of all that is being planned. I have wanted to move out to that area since I attended my basic MSL in July of 2010. I have just never been able to convince Aaron and partly myself that the move is not something to be afraid of. It will be a huge change from here in Kirkland that's for sure. I think it will be more than worth it, as long as we do it right.
I feel this pull to start living more in alignment with my views and part of doing that is getting back into the swing of things regarding birth work and midwifery school. I cannot continue to let my dreams sit on the back burner. I need to go after them and I plan on doing that anyway that I can.
I am hopeful that everything is going to continue on the path that it should and I am learning to trust the process.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Another Dream
I am currently working on achieving another dream of mine and that is purchasing some land to build my own community. Please, Please share this link with anybody you can think of!
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-our-community/x/3013894#share
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/building-our-community/x/3013894#share
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Tragic Loss
I am part of a wonderful community of midwives, student midwives, doulas, etc. Yesterday, our community suffered a tragic loss when a classmate's 2 1/2 year old was run over by an SUV. He passed away shortly after.
I have started a fundraiser through my Scentsy business. All of the commission I earn from this fundraiser will be donated to the family to help with hospital, funeral, and legal expenses. Please help in anyway you can, even if its just sharing the link.
https://barbaramiller.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=119410935
Monday, July 11, 2011
A Fresh Start
Its time for a restart for this particular blog of mine. I deleted all the old posts on here because 1) they were outdated by 2+ years, 2) it contained painful memories of my ex-husband and this is a blog about my journey to becoming a midwife. So enough about that, on to the topic of becoming a midwife!
Its been a particularly long journey. I first started with Ancient Art Midwifery Institute in January of 2009 and went through a very rough patch after several months into the program. I took time off, tried to restart and nothing worked. Then, came the opportunity to officially restart with AAMI, latest curriculum, etc. So far, so good. At this point, I am once again in Phase 2, which looks like they combined part of the old Phase 3 into as well. I realize now that I need a big white board type calendar here in my office space, so that I can write down important school dates for the month. Work and school are so hard to balance, especially when you are a member of management and your spouse works for the same company (different location) as well.
I also need to start saving money and quickly. Midwifery books are so horribly expensive, I am trying every website I know to find some of the textbooks for cheaper. Carla wasn't joking when she said students would spend a good portion of their money on books. My jaw has a habit of hitting the floor at times when I go to look up a book on Amazon and see the price.
I am committed to finishing my education, even if it means taking sanity breaks here and there and staying up late or getting up earlier on the nights that I close. I am going to need a lot of support as I continue on this path, and I know I will get it from my man, my family and my wonderful friends.
Its been a particularly long journey. I first started with Ancient Art Midwifery Institute in January of 2009 and went through a very rough patch after several months into the program. I took time off, tried to restart and nothing worked. Then, came the opportunity to officially restart with AAMI, latest curriculum, etc. So far, so good. At this point, I am once again in Phase 2, which looks like they combined part of the old Phase 3 into as well. I realize now that I need a big white board type calendar here in my office space, so that I can write down important school dates for the month. Work and school are so hard to balance, especially when you are a member of management and your spouse works for the same company (different location) as well.
I also need to start saving money and quickly. Midwifery books are so horribly expensive, I am trying every website I know to find some of the textbooks for cheaper. Carla wasn't joking when she said students would spend a good portion of their money on books. My jaw has a habit of hitting the floor at times when I go to look up a book on Amazon and see the price.
I am committed to finishing my education, even if it means taking sanity breaks here and there and staying up late or getting up earlier on the nights that I close. I am going to need a lot of support as I continue on this path, and I know I will get it from my man, my family and my wonderful friends.
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