It is Friday and I present you with a new Midwifery, Mothering & Me post, The Work of Midwifery & Mothering. Whatever your work today might be, I hope you have a moment to just enjoy the moment.
May all babies be born into loving hands...
K. Michelle Doyle, CNM, NYS LM
www.localcaremidwifery.com
www.localcaremidwifery.blogspot.com
The Work of Midwifery & Mothering
Midwifery is hard work.
Mothering is hard work.
Combining midwifery and mothering is really hard work.
At the age of 21, I started work in the world of midwifery. I was a midwife assistant in a busy planned home birth practice. I saw various midwives trying to balance the demands of children and demands of pregnant/laboring/birthing/postpartum clients. I saw that sometimes the child won, and sometimes the client won. But when torn between the two, the midwife hardly ever won. To Read More
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