Here is my first real post here. lol I got all my old posts moved over, that was a total PITA, but it's done.
My boy is 3 months old and is over 16lbs. He still nurses all the time, he will space those out eventually right? lol He does every once in a while, but usually it's still pretty frequent. We've been testing the EC waters with him and caught our first poop the other day! Yay!! Breastfeeding is going SO much better now, have a lot to write about that.
Haven't been able to do a lot of studying yet, the boy just won't let me. ;-) He's pretty cute and he's growing so fast, so it's ok that he's taking up so much of my time. I do sneak in a little here and there.
Still working on my Special Scars article and presentation, have lots more work to do though. Started a website for that purpose, but it's still under construction.
There's more but it's just boring day to day life stuff. ;-) Will be posting more soon!
Showing posts with label student midwife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label student midwife. Show all posts
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Almost 40 wk Update
This was originally posted on my old blog on April 29, 2010.
I'll be 40 wks tomorrow. Can't say yet if anything exciting is going to happen or not. Doubt it given my history, but this little boy acts like he's going to be doing things his own way. I just hope that my pelvis doesn't start hurting anymore than it does right now. Feels pretty good at the moment so...
Student Midwife update: I'm on hiatus at the moment. I did finish Phase 2 and had sort of started Phase 3 before I started this hiatus. I'm still working through the Midwifery Explorations class, would have liked to have finished it before the baby came, but diapers are a little more important. lol
The diapers, well that has been a long project that started over a year ago. When I was pregnant with my nearly 3yo I had bought 36 Bum Genius (BG) cloth diapers, 12 pink, 12 white, 6 yellow and 6 green. I love them, they make cloth diapering so easy! However, after nearly 2 years of use I noticed the elastic in the legs wasn't as snappy as it used to be. Being the crafty do-it-yourselfer that I am, I took one diaper apart to see how hard it would be to change that elastic. It was fairly easy, just take out one seam and the old elastic, put in new elastic (guessing how long that should be was kind of tricky) and sew the seam back up. So, winter before last I replaced the elastic in maybe two-thirds of the diapers. My daughter was only using them about half time so I didn't really *have* to fix them all. I got pregnant again last fall and new I would have to finish fixing the rest of the diapers. I heard that you could get the new BG diapers with snaps rather than velcro and was a little jealous. The only thing I don't like about my BGs is the velcro, it's just a pain in a variety of ways. I had just bought a snap press last year for some other sewing projects.
Then I found out I was having a boy. No way! Me? A boy!? Are you sure?? lol I looked at my diapers and knew I had a lot of work to do. I ordered some fabric dye, which was tricky trying to find the right dye that would stick to a synthetic material. So now, I knew that I had to finish replacing the elastic in the legs, dye at least the pink diapers, AND take all the velcro off and put snaps in. :-) At this point, I've finished replacing all of the elastic, the last four diapers that needed to be dyed are in the dye soaking at the moment, and I only have about 12-15 that still need snaps. I'm so proud of myself, they look really nice. I just hope that the dye really does hold. We still have plenty left so we can re-dye if necessary, but I'd rather not have to do that on a frequent basis.
That's where I am for now.
P.S. A little note, there are some people that comment on my blog Anonymously, can you at least put your first name in your comment so I have some idea who you are?? lol It's bugging me that someone is talking to me and I have no clue who it is.
I'll be 40 wks tomorrow. Can't say yet if anything exciting is going to happen or not. Doubt it given my history, but this little boy acts like he's going to be doing things his own way. I just hope that my pelvis doesn't start hurting anymore than it does right now. Feels pretty good at the moment so...
Student Midwife update: I'm on hiatus at the moment. I did finish Phase 2 and had sort of started Phase 3 before I started this hiatus. I'm still working through the Midwifery Explorations class, would have liked to have finished it before the baby came, but diapers are a little more important. lol
The diapers, well that has been a long project that started over a year ago. When I was pregnant with my nearly 3yo I had bought 36 Bum Genius (BG) cloth diapers, 12 pink, 12 white, 6 yellow and 6 green. I love them, they make cloth diapering so easy! However, after nearly 2 years of use I noticed the elastic in the legs wasn't as snappy as it used to be. Being the crafty do-it-yourselfer that I am, I took one diaper apart to see how hard it would be to change that elastic. It was fairly easy, just take out one seam and the old elastic, put in new elastic (guessing how long that should be was kind of tricky) and sew the seam back up. So, winter before last I replaced the elastic in maybe two-thirds of the diapers. My daughter was only using them about half time so I didn't really *have* to fix them all. I got pregnant again last fall and new I would have to finish fixing the rest of the diapers. I heard that you could get the new BG diapers with snaps rather than velcro and was a little jealous. The only thing I don't like about my BGs is the velcro, it's just a pain in a variety of ways. I had just bought a snap press last year for some other sewing projects.
Then I found out I was having a boy. No way! Me? A boy!? Are you sure?? lol I looked at my diapers and knew I had a lot of work to do. I ordered some fabric dye, which was tricky trying to find the right dye that would stick to a synthetic material. So now, I knew that I had to finish replacing the elastic in the legs, dye at least the pink diapers, AND take all the velcro off and put snaps in. :-) At this point, I've finished replacing all of the elastic, the last four diapers that needed to be dyed are in the dye soaking at the moment, and I only have about 12-15 that still need snaps. I'm so proud of myself, they look really nice. I just hope that the dye really does hold. We still have plenty left so we can re-dye if necessary, but I'd rather not have to do that on a frequent basis.
That's where I am for now.
P.S. A little note, there are some people that comment on my blog Anonymously, can you at least put your first name in your comment so I have some idea who you are?? lol It's bugging me that someone is talking to me and I have no clue who it is.
Journey of a Student Midwife, part 1
This was originally posted on my old blog on March 17, 2010.
I started midwifery school a few months ago. I've been wanting to start a journal of my journey, but couldn't think of anything cute, witty, educational, etc., to write about. So, I'm just going to write and we'll see where it goes.
I'm already in Phase 2 in Ancient Art Midwifery's Advance Midwifery Studies course. Sometimes, it still seems surreal that I've made this monumental decision and that I'm actually walking on the path already. But here I am and loving every minute of it! :-) At times it all makes my head spin, there is so much to learn, so much to do, but I want to learn it all and then more!
On my current list of things I want to learn more about, not all necessarily directly related to midwifery:
I have books on most of these. I realize that some of these would only take a quick internet search to find the answer and some of these will be covered thoroughly in my midwifery studies. I just felt the need to make a list so that I don't forget to look them up, read more, etc.
I haven't been able to get much studying done in the last week because I had yet another cold. This one is almost over and I pray that it will be the last for the season. Please gods, let it be the last!
I started midwifery school a few months ago. I've been wanting to start a journal of my journey, but couldn't think of anything cute, witty, educational, etc., to write about. So, I'm just going to write and we'll see where it goes.
I'm already in Phase 2 in Ancient Art Midwifery's Advance Midwifery Studies course. Sometimes, it still seems surreal that I've made this monumental decision and that I'm actually walking on the path already. But here I am and loving every minute of it! :-) At times it all makes my head spin, there is so much to learn, so much to do, but I want to learn it all and then more!
On my current list of things I want to learn more about, not all necessarily directly related to midwifery:
- Myomectomy
- SCT (which I can't remember what that stands for at the moment, will have to look it up)
- Micropreemies and vaginal birth, what are the risks?
- At term, how much of the uterus is fundus? (This is related to my special incisions research, to determine what "into the fundus" means on Surgical Reports.)
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Dermabond (I know what this is, but want to know what the pros/cons are.)
- Accreta/Percreta
- Newborn Physiology
- Thermogenesis
- brown fat
I have books on most of these. I realize that some of these would only take a quick internet search to find the answer and some of these will be covered thoroughly in my midwifery studies. I just felt the need to make a list so that I don't forget to look them up, read more, etc.
I haven't been able to get much studying done in the last week because I had yet another cold. This one is almost over and I pray that it will be the last for the season. Please gods, let it be the last!
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