DiamondDoula

They straight up told me that I was not mentally stable because I can't work with men. Umm, I was sexually assaulted and I am going into midwifery...ALAS no men.

My husband is retiring so hopefully forever! I went to the Farm in TN in 2013. Wonderful experience. It was the midwifery assistant course, way out of the scope of practice for doulas, but after I met her in Germany I had to have the Farm experience.

Hello, I'm military down in Alabama looking to move to Virginia. How do you like the school so far? I'm a little worried as my first year of college over 10 years ago I didn't have the best of grades, I went to Thomas Nelson back then. I now have my associates and a 3.1 GPA. I am really scared that year of college is going to continue to haunt me. Did anyone get in with the 3.0 GPA?

How was the TEAS test? I was going to apply this fall but my school decided to add that test to the requirements and I had four days to take it because I waited til I got all my grades back before applying. I didn't take it because I wanted to study first.

Okay, this might be dumb. I have an associates in General Ed with a minor in Psychology. I have all my classes done except actually nursing classes. I am a military spouse so staying in one spot long enough to apply for a school and stay at that school has been difficult. My plan of action as of now. I move to Virgina in June 2016 Virginia requires chemistry before you can even apply, so I will be taking chemistry at my current school in the spring. As long as chem does not kill my GPA (I've been terrified of this class for some reason) then I will apply for a Fall Term at either Thomas Nelson Community College or Tidewater Community College. Upon successful graduation and getting my license I have thought about do L&D for a few years and then getting my masters to become a CNM at Shenandoah University. I am currently a doula and love birth work. Does this sound about right?

I will keep that in mind. I know we will be moving out of state. Alabama just does not do it for us. I miss having 4 seasons. The plan is to move up between Maryland and Virginia and there is a good midwifery school up there. This part of military life is nerve wrecking.

I just applied for VocRehab today. I was MEB'd for PTSD at 30% back in 2006. I've wanted to be a nurse since I got out of the military, but being married to it as well we ended up in Germany. I am just now getting to school. I've learned that I was messed around my first year of college and there for basically wasted a year of my GI Bill on classes I did not need. I am now nearing the end of my Post 9/11 but probably have two years of school left. I am hoping that they will cover it. I am a little worried as we are due to PCS (final one, yay for hubby retiring) and how that will effect my ability to be awarded VocRehab.