Belly Tales

The Diary of a New Midwife

Hello, World!

Filed under: Miscellaneous — The Midwife at 12:43 pm on Saturday, October 25, 2008

My goodness, it’s been ages.  I do apologize for that.  If it’s any comfort to any of you, I am now quite firmly resolved to pick the blogging baton back up again and give it a twirl, after a very long hiatus.  In my defense, I’ve been a bit busy.  I quickly learned that the demands of being a full-time midwife are much greater than the demands of a midwifery student.  A student has time to procrastinate and ruminate and spend hours reading blogs and writing posts.  A midwife (well, at least this midwife) doesn’t quite have the same amount of time.  Add to that the fact that I was also very busy planning a wedding, and somehow sitting down to my computer to write posts was always the last thing on my exhausted mind at the end of the day.

However, I have since gotten hitched (hands down one of the best days of my life, and well worth all the effort), the wedding planning is now over (hooray!), and I feel like I have more time on my hands again.  What does one do with more time on her hands??  Oh yes! Contemplate all things midwifery-and-women’s-health-care related, and try to write something snappy and insightful about said contemplations.  Excellent!  Hello again, blogosphere!  I have missed you.

The AMA joins ACOG in homebirth-bashing

Filed under: Homebirth, Labor and Birth, Midwifery, News, Politics — The Midwife at 3:54 pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Biggest Baby I’ve ever caught

Filed under: Birth Stories, Labor and Birth, Vaginal Birth — The Midwife at 6:12 pm on Monday, June 9, 2008

“Choosy Mothers Choose Cesareans”

Filed under: Cesarean Birth, Complications, Hospitals, Research — The Midwife at 5:14 pm on Thursday, April 24, 2008

Like trying to put out a wildfire

Filed under: Pregnancy, Primary Care, Research, STDs, Women's Health — The Midwife at 7:07 pm on Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Birth after trauma

Filed under: Labor and Birth, Pregnancy, Violence Against Women — The Midwife at 1:59 pm on Wednesday, March 5, 2008

A Walk to Beautiful

Filed under: Complications, Issues, Labor and Birth, Midwifery, Women's Health — The Midwife at 6:37 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2008

My first episitomy

Filed under: Episiotomies, Labor and Birth — The Midwife at 7:18 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2008

ACOG’s Statement on Homebirths

Filed under: Birth Centers, Choice, Homebirth, Hospitals, Labor and Birth, Politics — The Midwife at 11:21 pm on Monday, February 11, 2008

Barack Obama

Filed under: Politics — The Midwife at 4:49 pm on Monday, February 4, 2008
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