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Missionary Midwife Mama: Breastfeeding Help in Thailand

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Breastfeeding Help in Thailand. I have been so busy with my midwifery training that I've been letting my lactation counselor certification get pushed back and back. I decided back in October of 2008. To do the training with CBI. So what else is new with breastfeeding options for women in Thailand? 4) The Breastfeeding Cafe. This is held at a knitting/yarn shop in the center of town that has opened up its meeting ...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Goals 2013 - Here We Go Again!

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Goals 2013 - Here We Go Again! 2012 was a really hard year. Really really really hard. Sickness and injury. Homeschooling a child who doesn't like any form of school. My father died in October. My grandfather (his father) dying just 52 days later. Helping my mom with all death-related issues. I am happy to see 2012 gone. Here were my goals for. Every semester submit AAMI midwifery studies assignments. I did finish up...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Trust Birth Conference 2010

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Trust Birth Conference 2010. The TBC 2010 was over two months ago and I'm finally getting around to writing about it. I've been busy with 4 births, assignments due, and planning to be in the USA for the summer. Here was my trip to Redondo Beach, CA:. The two midwives that taught were very knowledgeable and funny too. On suturing, one of them (Jenny West) said, "If there are two pieces of vagina in the room, they ...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Conference choices & Excitement

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Conference choices and Excitement. When registering for the Trust Birth Conference there were so many choices for the classes. I decided that even though some topics seemed more "fun" or maybe some speakers were on my "want to hear before I die" list, that the topics necessary to fill in my educational needs were more important. And for the classes and why I chose them:. Track 4: Panel (Combest, Denny, Craig): Practi...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Goals 2012

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Every year I set new goals after looking at how I met my goals the previous year. I am mentoring 2 other students from my midwifery school, and I also ask them to set goals, both short- and long-term. It really works to get the goals out there to be accountable. Here were my goals for 2011:. Every semester submit AAMI midwifery studies assignments. Feb NARM secondary skills checkoffs (hopefully all of them). Septembe...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Cramming in the Studying + Teeth

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Cramming in the Studying Teeth. This week I submitted a huge pile of work that had been sitting around and just needed polishing. Added a few new things to submit as well. It ended up being about 300 pages of material! I think four more submissions like that and I'll be done. I've decided to NOT try to graduate by September. Too many mothers needing my help plus the acupuncture studies that I just can't put down!

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Becoming a Lactation Counselor

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Becoming a Lactation Counselor. I decided that since I already had so many roles (pun intended) on my plate that another couldn't hurt. The BAMBI group here also has support groups for everything from PPD to breast cancer to SIDS. Not very much, but I just love the satisfaction of helping a mother work through her breastfeeding problems or to establish breastfeeding with a newborn. My daughter was breastfed to 19 mon...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: 4th trip to Indonesia

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. 4th trip to Indonesia. This Tuesday June 7th my family and I will be going back to Indonesia for 7 weeks. This will be my 4th and last trip as a student! In March I attended 3 births. Due dates never match up of course. I had one mom due Mar 12, and two moms due on Apr. 3. Well one of the Apr 3 moms birthed on Mar. 10, the Mar 12 birthed on the 14th, and then the Apr 3 birthed on Mar. 29. Posted by Erin @ 10:05 PM.

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Missionary Midwife Mama: It's Official, I'm a CPM!

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. It's Official, I'm a CPM! Life is busy with family, school, health issues, birthing moms, etc. so I totally forgot to update here! I sat for the NARM exam in February and found out in March that I passed. I was so excited to get my CPM certificate in the mail! So that is a HUGE goal that I have finished! Posted by Erin @ 11:01 AM. Links to this post. I have been looking for a midwife who would be willing to assist me...

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Missionary Midwife Mama: Going to B.....urm......A

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The ongoing adventures of being a missionary, midwife-in-training, and mama in Thailand. Going to B.urm.A. From October 22-31 will be my B-urm-@ [yes, I will be editing certain words for security purposes] trip. I will fly up to Northern Thailand, then catch a bus up to the border. At the border, a guide will take me 2 hours into B-urm-@. Please pray for my safety. Back in April, I was researching what current groups were doing midwifery/dental/medic trainings in Thailand. Global Refuge International.