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The Itinerant Laborer: Inch by Inch, Row by Row...
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Monday, July 19, 2010. Inch by Inch, Row by Row. Having grown up in Baltimore, I remember thinking my mother was absolutely insane for enjoying gardening. I mean, really. Middle of June and already in the 90's at ten am and you're going to spend the morning on your hands and knees pulling up weeds? I spent most of my life believing I was not a gardener, but it turns out, I am. A midwife with whom I work says that she ...
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The Itinerant Laborer: Babies Behaving Badly
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Sunday, October 17, 2010. There are certain phrases that, every time you hear them, they make the hair on the back of your neck stand up on end. For some, it's "you're going to need a root canal procedure", for others it's "while we were changing your oil, we noticed a problem.". For me, it's "if your baby behaves". If your baby behaves, we'll let you go ahead and deliver vaginally. Your blood pressure drops from an e...
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The Itinerant Laborer: Thinkin' bout home-born baby birth stories
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Thinkin' bout home-born baby birth stories. Today, Ian will be playing at Seamus's house after a much-too-long time spent in different states. Kinda got me thinkin about Seamus being a home-born baby too. And, although I have never heard his mom's complete birth story, I have heard bits and pieces that equal enough to know a few things. Not because she was lucky. July 27, 2010 at 11:32 PM.
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The Itinerant Laborer: So, what's it gonna take...
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Monday, July 12, 2010. So, what's it gonna take. What's it gonna take to get me writing on this thing again, anyway? I think this morning's journey to new depths with regard to "Conversations about how scary and dangerous birth really is" among my esteemed colleagues is just the ticket/inspiration Ive been hoping to find. I am not employing hyperbole when I say that there was a general disdain for the very concept of ...
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The Itinerant Laborer: February 2011
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. For anyone considering the path to becoming an Obstetrician. from the women they will one day serve. I understand that you went into medicine for your own list of reasons. And that those reasons are valid and that they belong to you. I understand that dealing with people is difficult and that you are not consciously coming from a place that devalues human beings and their rights. If you a...
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The Itinerant Laborer: September 2009
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Saturday, September 12, 2009. The Trouble with Expecations. I think that what makes me saddest about working in a labor and delivery unit under the medical model is the fact that people come in with expectations that we actually meet every day. Why on earth would that make me sad? Monday, September 7, 2009. Laboring on Labor Day. Well, it's been a labor day full of ups-and-downs for this Itinerant Laborer. Of course I...
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The Itinerant Laborer: July 2010
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Why the ACOG's new VBAC guidelines don't matter. There. I said it. I am not one of those people who loves to deliver bad news. Nor do I especially enjoy raining on somoene else's parade. Believe me, Im no Debbie Downer. That's why I struggle to write what I am about to write. I don't want to say what I have to say. And yet, I feel I have to say it. I seriously doubt that they have come around.
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The Itinerant Laborer: For anyone considering the path to becoming an Obstetrician... from the women they will one day serve.
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. For anyone considering the path to becoming an Obstetrician. from the women they will one day serve. I understand that you went into medicine for your own list of reasons. And that those reasons are valid and that they belong to you. I understand that dealing with people is difficult and that you are not consciously coming from a place that devalues human beings and their rights. If you a...
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The Itinerant Laborer: Why the ACOG's new VBAC guidelines don't matter. There. I said it.
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Why the ACOG's new VBAC guidelines don't matter. There. I said it. I am not one of those people who loves to deliver bad news. Nor do I especially enjoy raining on somoene else's parade. Believe me, Im no Debbie Downer. That's why I struggle to write what I am about to write. I don't want to say what I have to say. And yet, I feel I have to say it. I seriously doubt that they have come around.
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The Itinerant Laborer: Suffer the Children
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Journeys of a Labor and Delivery Nurse cum Monitrice cum Homebirth Midwife's Assistant. Saturday, July 17, 2010. The letter went like this:. I told her that she had no legal claim, and that in NYS I have every right to nurse my baby wherever I am, and I do not have to cover up. She actually said to me that I could nurse my baby, but the law says that I have to cover up, and she would get me a blanket. I couldn't believe it! At a hopsital that says they support breastfeeding in the ER! Made to nourish and...