Welcome to the World Baby Boy B!

Baby Boy B was welcomed into the world this morning at 0017 hours! He weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces! Though he is yet unnamed, he is such a beautiful baby! He was my first birth as a "Primary under supervision" and it was amazing! Happy birthday baby B!!

Update: Baby has been named Liam Bennett!

The Week Ahead

We have had a busy past week at the clinic, having two babies and such. This weekend I will spend cleaning my house, and cleaning the clinic.

Tomorrow I will take the kids to Mass just like every other Sunday they are with me, then to McDonald's to play. Rescheduled Bobby's birthday party so we might have that tomorrow as well. Hoping tomorrow night I might get to see Andy, but I am not sure, as I haven't really heard from him except a few short txt messages.

Monday is President's day, and I'll probably spend it cleaning and with my kids as well. And might have B's party then, if the people can't make it tomorrow.

Tuesday I am meeting a friend at Barnes and Nobles in the morning and then *hoping* for a lunch date with Andy at the sushi place near B&N that afternoon. I know, I have high hopes for that day LOL!

Wednesday is another clinic day these days (too busy to have just one) so I will be at the clinic then.

Thursday is a *very* busy clinic day, so I will be there pretty much all day. Thursday night our midwife help flies in to help us for the twins delivery. I can't believe she will be 38 weeks on Tuesday! Go C! What an amazing mommy! My kids also leave Thursday for Ohio, they'll be gone until very late Sunday. Andy will spend those few nights with me, I hate being alone in this house!

Sometime between Thursday and Sunday we expect the twins to be born!!

Friday while Andy is at work I will be at the clinic, and if the twins mommy goes into labor I'll be there until she has the babies!

Saturday I haven't any plans. Andy has robot that day, so I will probably go to the clinic (especially if she hasn't gone into labor yet). Might go to Mass with Andy Saturday night, we'll have to see.

So, that's me outlook for the week, sounds like a busy and fun week!

Welcome to the world baby boy H!

After a long, hard labor, Rachel and Peter welcomed their first son into the world (as of yet unnamed)!! Now this midwife is going to bed after praying no one else goes into labor today!

Update: Baby has been named: Avi Shama (not sure on the spelling) Which I believe means the breath of God.

Have you ever.....

Have you ever been shopping for a house and walked into one that looked just perfect and beautiful *and* seemed like a great deal? You purchase it and are so excited to move in, but once you are living there for a little bit you realize the plumbing is bad, the foundation is crumbling, the roof is leaking, and the walls are made of cardboard (or might as well be)????

Have you ever gone shopping for a new car and thought you found the perfect one so you spend your whole savings to purchase it and after you drive it for a little while the axel falls apart, the tires blow, the transmission dies and it starts leaking oil like a sivv????

Have you ever poured your heart and life and soul (not to mention your blood and sweat and tears) into something only to have it blow up in your face, scarring you for life???

If so, then you can empathize with how I am feeling today.
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Forgetting the "Christ" in Christian

Ever seen those holiday car magnets that say "Jesus is the reason for the season" or "Merry CHRISTmas"? Well, I have just read a blog post by one of my good friends here in Huntsville at http://mybrownbagspecial.blogspot.com/2010/02/kicked-out-of-school-for-all-wrong.html and it just truly disturbs me. I have decided that many times, no matter what the "denomination" of Christian, people are forgetting the "Christ" in "Christian"!

Are these "Christians" forgetting that Mary, the Mother of Jesus, was, herself, an unwed, pregnant teenager? Are they forgetting how,even though she could very well have been stoned to death for such a thing, God instead asked Joseph to accept her state, because she was truly BLESSED among women? If God put so much weight on a woman *having* to be married before having children, would he not have waited until Mary and Joseph had wed before begetting Jesus in her womb? Now, I know what some of you may be thinking, yup, it's Misty the Catholic putting so much weight on the Blessed Virgin for her example of why true Christians would not turn their backs on a pregnant teenager (and in fact, THROW HER OUT OF HER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL!!) So here you go, maybe an example more of you can relate to.

Do you think Jesus would turn his back on this girl, or any pregnant teenager? Do you think that He who took his company with lepers and whores and the poorest of the poor would turn this girl away? The Jesus who loved everyone, and even showed love to the tax collectors, loving them into the faith? Would he throw the young girl out of his company? I think not. And if you think so, maybe you should go back and re-read the Bible, for I fear you may have lost sight of the Truth whilst concerning yourself too much with being the judge of others.

I, as the only thing I feel I can offer this girl, offered to be her labor and post-partum doula for free. God gave me a wonderful gift of being there for women in childbirth, and I will help her any way that I can.

Please do not take this as a Christian bashing blog. If you do take it that way perhaps you should take a good hard look at yourself, because it isn't I who made you feel insulted by this post.

The Countdown Continues!

I have been counting down for how many more clients we need (on top of our current client load) in order for Andrea and I to sit for our NARM exam. We are aiming for taking the exam in February of 2011 which means we have to have all of our paperwork turned in by October 2010. Right now I need only 12 more clients to come due before then, and Andrea needs 17 more. Combined we need a total of about 22 more, and then we will be done getting all of our numbers for the exam! I am so excited that it actually seems more possible to me now than it did just a few months ago!
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Preparations For This Lenten Season

I am currently busily preparing for this year's Lenten Season. For those of you who do not follow Lent, Ash Wednesday is February 17 this year and is the opening of our Lenten season. Lent then goes on until Easter Sunday. This year my Lenten season is hectic in different ways than my Lenten season last year. Last year my oldest son was going through his First Communion during the Lenten season. This year I have no First Communions but I do have lots of women due!

Last year I gave up swearing for Lent. It was a wimpy idea, as I do not swear much as it is. My guy, however, gave up fast food and did an amazing job at it! I am taking his example and this year I am giving up fast food during Lent.

I am busy today cleaning the house, which has been neglected all week while I was busy at the clinic. Somehow it doesn't matter how much I clean, it is always a mess shortly thereafter. It can cause me to have less ambition about cleaning then should. However, my children are all old enough now that many of the chores can be delegated out to them to do as well.

My Bobby's birthday is in a week, I can't believe he will be 5 in just a week! Well that's the update for now!

Welcome Baby Jedidiah!

Yesterday here at Blessed Care we welcomed the arrival of baby Jedidiah! Born the day after his due date, he made an appearance at 1455 hours weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces and is 21.25 inches long. Mom labored like a champ and both mom and baby are doing great!

BC's Due Date!

Today is one of our clients due dates. We had a busy clinic day that included seeing her as well. She is just glowing, however she is feeling very pregnant and ready to have a baby. We are expecting her to go into labor within the next few days.

My guy took me out last night for steak dinner. I had a really good time, but didn't get to spend nearly long enough with him. He had to get home to pack for a trip to Texas. He'll be gone until Monday or Tuesday, and I am opting for a mid-week lunch date.

My kids are leaving in a few weeks to go visit their cousins in Ohio. I am staying behind because we have too many women due for me to leave. They are excited to be going, and honestly their mommy is a bit excited for a quiet house for a long weekend.

The Blessed Care skills workshops have been indefinitely cancelled due to the fact that we have shaky job situations here (the men in our lives, not our jobs..). One of the greatest benefits to being a midwife is that there will *always* be babies to deliver, even in the Millenial Kingdom!

I am sure that next time I blog, it will include pictures of a beautiful new Blessed Care baby!

Finally, A School Day!

My kids have been out of school and were "blessed" with a four day weekend this past weekend, due to weather. Though I know they thought it was super cool, their mommy, on the other hand, has become behind on her work as a result! Oh what I wouldn't do for high speed internet at my house so that I could work while home with the kids!

So today they are all finally back in school (yay!) and their mommy is back to work here at the clinic. Today we have the final ultrasound for our twins mommy before she has her babies (which should be some time this month!) and then just cleaning and organizing around the clinic. I should be working on MTB MOODLE today, but I just feel swamped with things here to do, so I am going to put it off for a few more days. Once I get working on it, I will probably finish getting it all live within a day.

Tomorrow I believe Andrea is going to come to the clinic so we can practice our skills for the skills assessment that we will have to take later this year. It is day one of practicing, we'll see how it goes! I will probably look through the book today and see which skills we will practice tomorrow, I am super organized and it works out for both of us that I am, because we can be very efficient with our time. We don't have any clients to see tomorrow, but we do have another *very* busy Thursday, as we have so many people do in the next few months and it is filling our clinic days very fast.

I think I am going to suggest to Linda that we offer an alternative clinic day to, at least during this busy part of the year, as we are booking up every week pretty much with clients, and it seems that we may end up with overflow here in another week or two!

I am watching the clients keep coming in, and hoping that we manage to get all of our numbers in time to sit for our exam in February of next year, but I would appreciate prayers, and referrals to the clinic! LOL!!

My baby's birthday is coming up. He was born on Valentine's day of 2005. And no, I was not induced! I am going to post his birth story on here in a few days, when I manage to track it down online. I'll have to ask the mothers from the parenting group in Florida that I founded to see if one of them will look it up in the group archives.

We are still waiting on a baby, who is due this Thursday, and I expect the baby will come Saturday or Sunday. We also have one mom who is teetering on the edge of labor but we're all praying she keeps the baby in for another 13 days, so she will be 37 weeks. Prayers for her would be appreciated.