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Work - school - and disappearing now and then by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health If you haven't guessed by now, work and school seems to monopolize my time. Very little time left for leisure or blogging. Let me catch you all up on what has been going o ... Read on »

Currently studying.... by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Advanced antepartum: preterm labor, large for gestational age, intrauterine growth restriction, polyhydramnios, oligohydramnios. Health policy: writing a quality assuranc ... Read on »

Remembering the Mothers by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Do you know about the Safe Motherhood Quilt Project ? It was started by Ina May Gaskin, in remembrance of all of the mothers who have died during or after childbirth. It i ... Read on »

Panic: You may now commence by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health It is week five (? I think) of the last didactic term before I attend my clinical bound session in Kentucky. I am officially starting to panic. In addition to my regular ... Read on »

International Day of the Midwife by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Happy International Day of the Midwife!! What will you be doing in relation to midwifery and midwives today? There are free seminars you can attend online: Internation ... Read on »

The spectrum of learning by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health This whole learning thing: it really never ends. Which I love, actually! I have been learning so much in my midwifery program & doing outside reading. One of my favorite ... Read on »

Spontaneous vaginal birth, no epidural by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health We have those "rare" non-epiduralized births -- on purpose sometimes! I had a lovely birth recently, just like the aforementioned title of this post. It was truly a beauti ... Read on »

Student midwives are a crazy bunch of loons by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Midwife students can be super twisted in the head. I belong to a private group online for midwife students at Frontier, and let me just say -- anything goes when we are cha ... Read on »

Why is healthcare so expensive? by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Let's start a list. Disposable everything (good for sanitary care, but super bad for the environment) Not being able to use the patient's own medications when they ... Read on »

Semi-weekly check in by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health I am definitely hard at work with my two classes. I'm working on a case study for antepartum that is a big part of my course grade. It's due in one week. Meanwhile, I'm a ... Read on »

Want to be an NP or a CNM? What are you waiting for? by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Hey, you! Yes, you! The nurse who is thinking that he/she might like to get that advanced degree and becoming a nurse practitioner or a nurse-midwife. What are you waitin ... Read on »

First day of the new term by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health I'm back to school again! The new term started today (well, by now it's after midnight, so I must correct that to "yesterday"). As you can see by the class list on the rig ... Read on »

Stop the presses!! by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health I absolutely, cannot believe it. It was a "nice" Thursday shift last evening. No crazy families, no one came in drunk or high (patients or family), and there were no fist ... Read on »

Acrylic painting by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Here are some of the acrylic paint washes and different techniques I was trying out over my break. I would love some honest feedback!! The first and fourth are about 4x4 ... Read on »

Spring break! by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health And here I thought I would be in a frenzy of blog posts to catch up for not posting as often as I used to..........and I was instead actually relaxing and enjoying my spring ... Read on »

Births by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health (above image from ) I've had some seriously awesome births at work this week. It feels so great when I can work with a couple to help bring their new baby ... Read on »

Done! by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Finished with the Winter 2012 term! YEEEEHAAWWWW!! Time to celebrate! Plans for the time off ~~ working (goes without saying), making new garden beds and planti ... Read on »

Hello A by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health Hello "A" in advanced intrapartum. It's so nice to see the first letter of the alphabet. Hopefully I will also be seeing that same letter as my final grade for advanced po ... Read on »

Artificial/assisted reproduction & increased pregnancy complications? by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health I have noticed that with IVF pregnancies, there seems to be an increased incidence of pregnancy/birth complications. Higher levels of preeclampsia, abnormal placentation (p ... Read on »

Winding down by AtYourCervix Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Women's Health I'm in the final two weeks of the school term, so things are starting to wind down. Thank goodness! Just two exams left to take. I picked up two more ink cartridges the o ... Read on »

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