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Check the definitions the NICHD guidelines have in place . The definitions are ver specific.

It is called the medicalization of pregnant women. Women who are pregnant are treated as if there is a problem, not as healthy women. Pregnancy is thought of now as an abnormal state of being.

I am interested in knowing when is the best time to start sending resumes to potential employers? Do you wait until boards are passed? I'm just getting a little ansy. Any insight into this would be helpful.

Oh my gosh.... I cannot believe that....her provider should have offered her a d&c right them and there....what about 2 weeks!!! I have never heard of anything like that. Plus mom could develop infection if products not passed. How awful and sad

Thank you. Life has been crazy for last 3 years...but worth it. I had 3 phone interviews...just be open and honest with your answers. They want to know what is in your heart and how u plan to succeed in the course

I am I'm my very last class and I am so excited. Yes I agree malpractice is high....but if its in your heart it will keep nagging at you until you do it

In my area of the world, there aren't any docs that will back the CNM.

I have and am currently attending Frontier. Frontier does not pair you up with a preceptor, you have to find your own. Frontier is a distance learning program. There is a part time track and full time track. If you are married and have kids, i suggest the part time track. I have 2 kids, a disabled husband, and a full time job, and go to school. I have been in school a little over 3 years now. It has been hard, and due to recent events I have taken a leave of absence. I can tell you that the staff there is so supportive and will do anything they can to help you. IF you have more questions feel free to contact me.

I agree that nurse A is responsible for the error.

I would so ignore your professer. Sounds like a real winner saying that. I have been in school for CNM for 1.5 years now... and work in L&D. I had a doc to tell me that as a midwife, I would be "of no use to him" Oh well, at least I know where he stands and what he thinks of midwives. Let it roll of your back and go with your plans.

The answer lies within your heart. If it eats at you every day until you do something about it, you know you want to be a midwife. I too have had a love of labor and delivery and until I applied and was accepted into the program at Frontier, it was almost a burden for me. I constantly thought about it. So my advice is follow your heart, and it says you gotta do it...then that is your answer. Good luck.

Congrats to you...now get ready for the ride of your life. I am a fellow student. Have been attending 1.5 years.

When I went through the process, they contacted me.

I can't speak for others, but I have been at Frontier for 1.5 years now, and distance learning is effective. I have learned and growed from the experience. It is tough though, and I think it has to be because it is distance learning.

I too am a Frontier student and the forums are a big help. You will be assigned within a group at Bound and hopefully your group will click! I know the group I was in clicked and we offer support to each other. Even though you are not physically connected, you are just an e-mail away from support. :typing

Easiest way to find out is throught the ACNM. I too am a Frontier Schooler..

To answer some of your questions: Do you see interventions placed on patients that may not be necessary? The answer is yes all time. If a doctor wants them delivered, they are delivered. Do you see women having sections because they don't need or don't want them? Yes. We live in a time where anything can be on demand, even csections. Sometimes its like going to McDonalds Just drive up and order up a section Does joy overide the bad? Most definately. Can you make a difference? Yes you can make a difference to one woman and one baby at a time...

Well, it can be done slowly with kids by not easily. You study when you can, your house is always a wreck, your spouse gets jealous, but it turns out in the long run. I have a 4 and 6 year old. I wish I had started before I had kids!! I would be finished by now. You will have days you want to pull your hair out with kids... Hindsite is 20/20 I am half way through the program now.. but if I had it to do all over again, I would do it before I had kids. I am also working full time too...:typing

I took the stats course from canyon college that Frontier was recommending. I hate math but I did ok in the course.

Pit is always supposed to be on its own pump and piggybacked at the lowest port of a mainline. This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen with 2 different fluids on the same pump. If it is set a secondary rate what if the primary kicks back in??

Scariest pp problem: PP hemorrhage Funniest: I don't know how to breastfeed Rareist: Death

It is hard to check someone who is way posterior. But, rest assured if you are having that much trouble reaching there cervix, they will not deliver any time soon!!

I just took my stats back in the summer and Frontier accepted it as a transfer credit.

I am currently attending Frontier... do you have specific questions...feel free to ask:smilecoffeecup:

Hi there. I am a Frontier student and did not take either one of the above courses, but I did take a statistics course that Frontier recommended and was transferred for credit and it was through Canyon College. It was very user friendly, totally online. The instructor I had was great and answered all questions. I too hate math and had a really bad fear of taking the course, but I did ok in it. Good luck.