In honor of the week, here are some of the best posts on the blog about all things midwifery.
To each of you that are a midwife, this is the most wonderful and difficult calling of a lifetime (other than marriage and parenting IMO!). Thank you for doing what you do. Thank you for the pages you answer at 3am. Thank for the 4 hour second stages. Thank you for precepting aspiring midwives. Thank you for the endless number of conversations to calm fear and reassure that birth and labor and pregnancy are normal processes for a woman. Thank you for showing up, waving the flag of midwifery, and staying true to low interventions in the face of many forces of medicine saying otherwise.
It’s an absolute pleasure to stand shoulder to shoulder with you all. May God continue to bless your paths, your hands and your spirits!
xoxo, Jamie
The most POPULAR midwifery post on the blog in the past three years:
The most impactful post and close to the most read post on the blog:
The best tips I have to offer to keep you healthy, strong and creative in practice:
The best recovery for those long shifts:
The posts that help you to be a better practitioner and make clinic easier:
1 year ago on the blog…Midwife Monday: Happy Midwifery Week and A Tip for Postpartum Rounding
2 years ago on the blog…Friday Five (#24)
Have you ever thought…
“How am I going to survive midwifery training?”
“Can I actually learn midwifery? Can I actually be a midwife?” (Yes, you can!)
“How am I going to get a job after school finishes?”
Midwifery students are not equipped with the real world knowledge and systems needed to succeed in school and after graduation. You shouldn’t have to learn it the hard way or figure it all out on your own. This guide offers advice, encouragement, anticipatory guidance and systems to succeed in school and beyond. Get your head start right now.
For aspiring midwives, there are things you can do right now to start your journey to midwifery.
I lay out all of those stepping stones for you to start today!
The 41 page guide includes:
- How to Prepare for Midwifery School
- Tips for Success in Midwifery School
- Tips to Snag a Preceptor
- What to Pack in Your Work Bag
- What to Do Between Midwifery School and Your First Job
- The Job interview: How to Prepare
- How to Recover from a 24 Hour Shift
- How to Prep for Clinic
- Book Recommendations for Aspiring and Practicing Midwives
- Tips from the Midwives (courtesy of Journey to Midwifery podcast)
- Podcast Recommendations for Aspiring and Practicing Midwives
- Book List Recommendations for Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, Parenting, Midwifery Students and Beyond
- Newsletter Recommendations
- Resume Tips and Template
Guide is accessible by download immediately after purchase. Downloads are unlimited. If the guide is updated, you have access to the updated guide for lifetime!
100% of proceeds go towards scholarships for aspiring midwives to make more midwives.