My plans to become a midwife however were put aside to have 2 children of my own, but all the while that fascination I had in the beauty of childbirth and the immense power of women to give birth easily, stayed with me in the background of my mind. When my daughter turned 5, I decided that it was now time for me to follow my dreams of becoming a midwife.
As a midwifery student, every day I got to immerse my self in learning about the miracle of childbirth and every day I thought how lucky I was to be getting paid to do something I adored. I thought that everyone, like me, would love to spend their lives helping women in one of the most exciting and joyful times of their lives, but was to soon discover that I had something special inside me that would make me a wonderful midwife, a strong desire to help women and share this joy with them.
So here I am now, 20 years later and I still find that with each birth I witness and support, I am filled with awe of the beauty of the whole experience and the power of women. I now hope to dedicate my life and my experience to helping women to overcome any fears they have surrounding pregnancy and childbirth and to encourage them and give them the tools with which they can have the birth of their dreams.
4 comments:
Hello Lorraine,
What a great idea, Birth Beyond Fear! your blog has a calming presentation and gives the reader an understanding of you. You might add one or two of your testimonals on the right handside, under about you, just a tip to give readers more about what it is you do. I will look forward to your next installment. Keep on blogging.
Paulinerose
Thanks Paulinerose for the tip,I will put some testimonials in as I have quite a few.
Lorraine
Thanks for visiting and commenting in my blog.
I agree that fear is one of the biggest issues not only for women but also for their support people and care givers. I too have found that one of my most important tasks as a midwife is to help women let go of fear and accept the process of childbirth. It is not just women's fear we need to deal with. I believe that increasing use of technology in birth has also increased fear of birth. Although ultrasound scans may be supposed to provide reassurance that all is well too often they create unnecessary anxiety which then permeates the whole childbirth experience. The same can be said for CTG monitoring . Although prudent surveylance of the wellbeing of mother and infant are essential in midwifery practice we need to take care to use technology appropriately and to make sure women understand implications and possible findings before they consent to these procedures. We also need to deal with the fear of support people, fear of other health professionals and sometimes our own fear too.
I love the title of your blog. I look forward to seeing your future postings and hope this site offers encouragement and support to women and those involved in childbirth.
What a wonderfully written post! :)
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