Friday, July 18, 2008

Last Night Of Summer Camp

So we have just one last night left in summer camp - What a Summer DH and I have been sharing the camp nurse job whilst our boys enjoyed the summer at camp it has been an enjoyable experience one that would be well worth repeating if are given the opportunity and our circumstances allow us.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I am in

I got my official offer for grad school I am in I leave for Frontier Bound in August- hurray I can hardly believe that I am in it seems like a dream - now all I have got to do is get through the course whilst working full time as a clinical manager and mother to three small ish boys aged 11, 6 and 2 -Wow it is really happening I can hardly believe it.

So much to sort out in a short time - now I am doubting that I will do well you know I have never done any study in the US so I have now idea what to expect for testing - hopefully I will be alright on the clinical side of things.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

So I am sitting and waiting for my official offer from frontier - wondering when I will start and what it will be like to be a student midwife again....... Working as an L&D nurse is becoming harder and harder the way child birth is treated is unbelievable! From my prospective it comes down to a few main factors ego - that of the doctors - time and money.
Spending time as an L&D nurse has changed me and will change the way I practise as a midwife. Before I left the UK I had become disillusioned about midwifery and the part it played in my life I thought I would be able to leave it all behind me and settle as a nurse again - how wrong I was you can never go back.
I dream about practising midwifery again one day be able to help and support women and their families to achieve a birth they want safely calmly with birth being about them and their future helping deepen experiences and forging path in to parent hood.