I am so excited to begin my journey into this exciting career. The first chapter is all about communication and language. It’s more in-depth than I thought.
It really feels good to be doing something productive lately. I know being a mom should be enough to keep me occupied, but I really feel the need to be challenging my mind on a regular basis. But what’s cool about what I’ve gotten into so far is that a lot of their material refers to articles that are on sites that I’ve looked into on my own. The new ones are interesting to read as well, but the point I’m trying to make is that the learning I’m doing for a certificate isn’t far off from what I was doing in my own self-motivated learning. It makes me think like I was on the right track before.
Also, I’ve been doing a little bit of looking into what Kansas City has to offer for doulas and the like, and there actually is a decent base. One is a membership kinda thing, you pay to be a part of the group and go to gatherings and what-have-you. It’s called Doulas of Greater Kansas City, I think. The other is, if I’m remembering correctly, called Uzazi Village, and it’s an organization that helps support urban women through their pregnancies and beyond. They offer exactly everything that I am taking coursework for and of course much more that I could possibly work toward. I really would love to get a hold of them maybe when I have at least one certificate down. Then I can at least say I have one and am working toward the others. I can’t decide which one I want to do first. Either way, I hope to find out more information about both those places and the other options in this area and talk about that in greater depth later.
I hope to eventually work independently of these places in my own established group of women, but if I can still do work for other places, that’s cool too. I’m looking forward to the opportunities I’ll get to meet other like-minded people and hopefully I can make friends for Emma.
Speaking of, I feel like I might always wonder if I’m doing enough. Is she always crying for my attention? I need to remind myself to slow down and step away from the electronics and cleaning and everything that isn’t my baby, in this moment, where she is being small and amazing and perfect. Time is just so fleeting…
And next thing you know, what you just cleaned is messy again. Double whammy, then, ‘cause cleaning is a wasted effort til later when she’s asleep anyway, AND I missed that time spent with her when all she wants to do is play or nurse or just be in my arms. She won’t let me hold her forever. Omg, I need to stop. I get teary like every time I talk about her growing up. I can’t even touch on her being six whole months right now.
Oh, yeah. One of my requirements for certification is that I have to be present at three births. My friend Kc is pregnant, so I got ahold of her and she said she’d answer a few questions I have for her. I hope she’ll allow me to be there. After I asked, I thought about how her mom is a nurse and her sister is pregnant and will have just had her baby when Kc is due, so they might want to be there, plus her boyfriend, so I really don’t know if that’ll even be possible. But I still want to ask. She might be really into the idea. And I think I can convince her, but we’ll see! A weird thing about her though, is that she found out exactly one year and one day later that she was pregnant from when we found out I was pregnant. And her due date is one day off of mine, and her EDD is of course just one day off. So her baby could be born the same day as Emma! Or Dominic.
Anyway, I’ve gotten way off topic. I mean to use this as a review of what I’ve learned that day and just kind of some notes and other interesting birth-related things I find, and eventually hope to use it to chronicle my life as a licensed professional doula, breastfeeding counselor, and childbirth educator!
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