jacq- it's up to each individual trainer, but ours told me that she'd like to have at least 5 women to hold the 2-day lactation educator training, since she was coming down from Mass. for the weekend....
I think the only way that you can host it is if there isn't a trainer in your area (because if they live there, they're familiar with facilities and can find local women on their own). So it sounds...
Like some previous posters have said, there are a lot of male OBs, so I'm sure that many women wouldn't mind. On the other hand, there are women who specifically choose a female midwife and prefer to...
I am pre-nursing right now, but plan to be a L&D RN (and maybe eventually a midwife?). I am finishing up the CAPPA CLE certification right now and I think it would be very useful for you. I...
I am pre-nursing right now. I have been taking it a little bit at a time because I also have two little ones (4 and 17 mos.). I am a SAHM mom right now, so I've been working on the pre-reqs and will...
Ignore them :) A nurse is so very different from a MA. It sounds like she might feel a little self conscious about the fact that she is a MA and you will be a nurse. But that is her problem; you...
Thanks for sharing that link. I can relate with the artist's emotions.. I, too, had a c/s (that, in retrospect, I realize was very likely unnecessary) and felt violated in a way that I cannot even...