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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] (no
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Tina,
I am so envious! I patiently (or maybe not so
patiently!) await the day when I can begin calling myself a midwife. Living
here in Singapore the direct entry midwifery programs were simply unattainable
for me. Since we did not know how long we would be living overseas I decided
to start the Bachelor of Nursing Science degree offered by distance learning -
i am so thankful that i started when I did. I am now in my final stretch. Just
3 semesters to go of a 6 year part time course done by distance learning. It
has been a long slog, challenging to study nursing by distance particularly
without any peer group for support at all. Returning to placements has been
interesting, but also difficult to arrange to say the least given that i have
had 3 young children throughout the whole course and now have a fourth to add
to the mix. Breastfeeding my youngest two, fitting that in with placements and
residentials, exams and essays, maanging to work as a doula and build a
practice here, develop a training organisation for doulas and childbirth
educators, all has made this a fascinating journey.
Now with only 3 placements ahead of me it is
starting to really seem achievable. I am off to Townsville again in July with
my newest baby and then 4 weeks of placement - if I can find somewhere in Qld
that will take me! I am really starting to feel that i may one day be ready to
apply to do my Midwifery post grad. How I am going to get my 12 months
practical experience and then organise 20 weeks clinical experience is beyond
me but perhaps something will pass that will make it achievable - everythign
else seems to have fallen into place when it was needed. Oh how I envy those
who were able to do direct entry. Saying all of that, it has surprised me how
much I have enjoyed nursing - I never would have believed that i would one day
be saying that palliative care is as fascinating to me as birth. Two ends of
the spectrum and each with so many parallels to the other.
Well done to the work you have achieved so far
Tina. I hope one day soon to have the same privilege as the rest of you with
being able to provide women with the choices they wish to explore. Until then,
I work beside wonderful caregivers and provide the emotional support that so
many are looking for during their pregnancy and births.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:55
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] (no
subject)
Hello fellow ozmidders....
just a note to say
hello to you all and to say I am still here lurking in cyber space. I have
just completed my pain/pharmacology exam today (YEHAAA)...feeling great to
have now completed 3 of the 6 semesters of the B Mid...yes I am half way
thru the course, can you all believe that!!!!!! I still can't. I pinch
myself every day, to make sure I'm awake and not dreaming. It only seemed
like yesterday that I sat at the NZCOM conference in
