Pitocin...epidural...c-section ( Read more... )

Still waiting to be called to this birth and I just keep thinking…I really want to limit my practice to homebirth.

My client's induced labor is becoming a long, drawn out saga already. I sit around
waiting to get a call, all the while trying to mess with my work and momming schedule in order to make myself available. I know this is my job, and ( Read more... )

I just finished hauling over 1,000 lbs of crap outta my garage. It took me and Olive about 8 hours.

I am so, so butch.

I have about 2 hours before I go to work. I am working the night shift (Midnight to 8am) at the hospital as a PSA.


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Really.


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So. What am I going to do when I am done with my C.N.A course ( Read more... )

Not my style to post stuff like this, but I thought it was cute...

If I were a month I would be: November
If I were a day of the week I would be: Tuesday
If I were a time of day I would be: 11:35pm
If I were a planet I would be: Jupiter
If I were a sea animal I would be: A Seahorse
If I were a direction I would be: West
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I got a call from James* at around 7am. I was in nursing class, practicing CPR on a dummy.

“Amber, she’s in labor. We’re at the hospital. Her water broke and they are starting her on Pitocin”.

James sounded calm, way calmer than he ought to be. I mean, his wife is in labor, and with twins. I grabbed my bag and bid my classmates farewell. I had a ( Read more... )

I have a client in early labor.

She is having twin daughters. First twin birth. Radical.

She could hold them in a few more days...but I am hoping not. I would love to do a birth tonight.

Today was HIV training day.


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