Comments on: My fears http://www.bellytales.com/2007/01/09/fear-itself/ The Diary of a New Midwife Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: frectis http://www.bellytales.com/2007/01/09/fear-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-4781 frectis Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:12:27 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2007/01/09/fear-itself/#comment-4781 The first time I attended a birth on my own license I was presented with a three minute shoulder dystocia. Whee! You have no choice but to do what you've been taught and be a midwife. btw, by your calculations I have 3/4s a clue ;) The first time I attended a birth on my own license I was presented with a three minute shoulder dystocia. Whee! You have no choice but to do what you’ve been taught and be a midwife. btw, by your calculations I have 3/4s a clue ;)

]]> By: The Student http://www.bellytales.com/2007/01/09/fear-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 The Student Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2007/01/09/fear-itself/#comment-4686 Calm strength comes with experience and confidence. I'll get back to you in a few years. I've heard that as a midwife you don't really have a clue until you've delivered about 100 babies. Well, I've delivered 25 so far, so does that mean I have 1/4th of a clue? Somehow, not so reassuring. Thank you very much for your faith and encouragement, though! Calm strength comes with experience and confidence. I’ll get back to you in a few years. I’ve heard that as a midwife you don’t really have a clue until you’ve delivered about 100 babies. Well, I’ve delivered 25 so far, so does that mean I have 1/4th of a clue? Somehow, not so reassuring. Thank you very much for your faith and encouragement, though!

]]> By: k http://www.bellytales.com/2007/01/09/fear-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-4631 k Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:59:13 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2007/01/09/fear-itself/#comment-4631 I had a nice response typed out last night... but darn it could I get to publish without losing internet? the answer... nope. Fear does strange things to a person. Despite the calm that some midwives exude. I'm sure that there is some fear. I put in our little birth announcement Thanks to our midwives C & A for their calm strength. They knew things were bad before I did. I never felt that heard or felt that fear. Only in hearing things weeks and months later do I know how hard my birth truely was on them. I have no doubt that one day there will be a student who will have these same feelings... under your guidance. I did mention last night that I realized that even if I could gain the education to become a midwife... I wouldn't be a very good one. I certainly wouldn't be as eloquent in voicing fears... I'd just be screaming like a lunatic ;-)! You Will Be Great. I had a nice response typed out last night… but darn it could I get to publish without losing internet?
the answer… nope.
Fear does strange things to a person. Despite the calm that some midwives exude. I’m sure that there is some fear. I put in our little birth announcement
Thanks to our midwives C & A for their calm strength. They knew things were bad before I did. I never felt that heard or felt that fear. Only in hearing things weeks and months later do I know how hard my birth truely was on them.
I have no doubt that one day there will be a student who will have these same feelings… under your guidance.
I did mention last night that I realized that even if I could gain the education to become a midwife… I wouldn’t be a very good one. I certainly wouldn’t be as eloquent in voicing fears…
I’d just be screaming like a lunatic ;-)!
You
Will
Be
Great.

]]> By: Sarah_K_Stanford http://www.bellytales.com/2007/01/09/fear-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-4617 Sarah_K_Stanford Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:49:23 +0000 http://www.studentmidwife.org/2007/01/09/fear-itself/#comment-4617 What an honest, and powerful, post. Thanks for being willing to share such an intimate part of your journey in midwifery. sarahthedoula What an honest, and powerful, post. Thanks for being willing to share such an intimate part of your journey in midwifery.

sarahthedoula

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