Day Five Sarasota!

Though I had lots of fun today at the beach, I will be happy to get to more birthin' babies around here! I've attached some pictures for you to enjoy!

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Day Five in Sarasota!

Day five in Sarasota saw a morning full of snuggling with the sweetest little mini daushund ever. Then a visit for Mass to St. Patricks Catholic Church. This church is probably twice as big as Queen, and *full* of old people. LOL! When I got back to Christina's after Mass she exclaims as I walk in the door "We're going to the beach!". She knows that I was determined to get to the beach before I left Florida, and so as to be expected I am very excited!! I am sure I will write more about my beach day later tonight ;)
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It's the Little Things

Yes, I am homesick. No, this blog post isn't meant to mean that I don't want to come home. However, sometimes it really is the little things that can make a huge difference in the quality of your days. One of the side-effects of things with my guy not progressing the way I thought they would is that now, 16 months after throwing Tom out, I am still sleeping on a couch. If any of you have ever had to sleep on a couch every night for an extended period of time, you know how I feel. Sleep deprived despite getting plenty of quantity in my sleep, or unable to sleep because I am not in a bedroom, or whatever. For the past almost week, however, I have been able to sleep in an actual bed! The first few nights I actually felt like I was "catching up" from many many months of poor quality sleep (sprinkled with decent sleep on nights I spent the night with Andy). Now I am enjoying the little things that will temporarily improve my quality of life, at least while I am here. It seems like such a simple thing, but it makes a difference!

<3
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Opportunities are There for Those who are Open to Seeing Them!

So, as my schooling begins coming to a close, and I scramble to finish my clinicals in order to sit for my exam, God presents more ways for me to do so. I am so blessed!

A fellow student offered me an airline ticket (stand by) if I went to the Philippines with her in June. Going to the Philippines would seal the deal for me to be able to sit for my exam maybe even as soon as October of this year! It is $700 for the month, and includes room and board. That really isn't a bad price, but would be a strain on my budget.

Then I got an offer to go to South Carolina (or rather, I begged an offer out of her LOL!) And so now I have two options to finish up my primaries, and the doors of opportunity have opened! I will keep you all updated on which I will choose, but I am tenatively calling myself *done* with my numbers thanks to the amazing help of many midwives!

<3
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Way to go Wyoming and Mississippi!!

Just received news yesterday that Wyoming's bill to legalize and license CPM's has passed its final hoop! Way to go Wyoming! Wyoming is now the 28 state in the Union to pass legislation licensing CPM's!! We are well on our way to the goal of 52 (which includes DC and Puerto Rico)! For more information visit http://www.bigpushonline.org

And way to *go* Mississippi residents! Due to overwhelming concern by the constituants in Mississippi HB 698 has been shot down!! Though CPM's are as of yet *not* licensed in Mississippi, they are alegal (no laws for nor against) with a court ruling that set a precedence for the practice of CPM's in the state. HB 698 threatened to make CPM's illegal in the state of Mississippi (a few steps backwards for sure!). One thing these states are going to quickly learn, midwives and their supporters have *big mouths* and don't just roll over and take whatever is dished out to them!!
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Day Four in Sarasota

So this is day four in Sarasota. No more births yet, yesterday was a lazy day. I spent most of the day studying "Human Labor and Birth".

Today I am headed to the birth center to work on practicing suturing, to do some stuff online, work on MTB, etc. It is raining here, and will probably rain all day. Bummer. Wondering when I should head to the beach. I think I will hit gulf coast and east coast while here.

I am homesick. Trying to keep myself busy so I don't think about it. I am sure I will write more later.

<3
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It's in the Past

And will stay in the past. I received word yesterday while helping clean up after the birth, that my ex-husband and his last mistress turned live-in girlfriend got married. It isn't even so much that the *idea* of him getting married again bothers me. It's that my *own* life has not followed the path I thought it would take, and here I am almost 16 months after I threw him out, and lonely. My relationship with my guy has been a roller coaster ride of amazing ups and catastrophic downs, and we don't seem to be any more stable now than we did a year ago. But here is Tom, who did it all the *wrong* way, cheated on his wife, left his marriage, and somehow he gets to be happy, while my life is still in difficult shambles.

So, when I found out the news, no I wasn't crying because of the loss of Tom. I was crying because of the difficulty of my life now. Crying because I haven't seen my guy in over three weeks. Crying because he didn't call me for two nights now. Crying because this is not what I envisioned my life would be like right now, and I do not in particularly like this aspect of it right now. My tears had nothing to do with Tom, or Ragan, or the betrayal of my marriage, they were just all about me. And Andy. And the life which I can't seem to be able to grasp, it keeps just trying to slip through my fingers.
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Day Three in Sarasota!

My day two in Sarasota was amazing, as I am sure you can guess by my half of a post! LOL! Christina texted me late Wednesday night and said the other midwife at Rosemary Birthing Home (her name is Harmony) would probably be calling me during the night for a birth. The midwives here seemed to have pulled together for me to help me get these last few numbers in. I have been drowning in Blessings lately and I can only hope that God provides the last five primary that I will need to sit for my exam next February, or opens another opportunity (and I notice it and take heed!) At least. Five. That number seems so much less intimidating to me than twelve did. I have faith that I can pull off five. Somehow.

So the birth with Harmony was very refreshing for me. It was a water birth, which I am extremely unlikely to see in Tennessee with my current preceptor. Harmony also repaired some very minor lacerations of which would not have been sutured with my current preceptor. Because one of the biggest skills I hope to learn here is suturing, I was happy for the learning experience.

Birth is always a waiting game, and now I wait patiently for more, and in the interim I soak up as much knowledge from these amazing midwives as I can, I practice my suturing, and I bask in the sisterhood of the Sarasota midwives, reminding myself that there are midwives out there who practice much closer to the way I envision myself practicing (next year!). I am thankful for the kindness I have found here in Sarasota, and for the reminder that I am not crazy.

Day three might end up being a down time day, if no births happen. There is no clinic today, and unfortunately it appears that it will be too cold to go to the beach, at least for swimming. We'll see and I am sure that you will hear more about my day either today or tomorrow :)

<3
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At My First Birth in Sarasota!

I got a call in the wee hours of the morning this morning from Harmony, one of the other midwives down here in Sarasota, asking me if I'd like to come to a birth. Of course I would, it's why I am here! So I hurried and got dressed and headed over here to the beautiful Rosemary Birthing Home. Though I haven't done very much at all at this birth yet, other than waiting patiently.......

Sorry all, I couldn't finish this at the time, and now I am exhausted and headed to bed. This is To Be Continued!
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First Day Back "On the Job" in Sarasota

Today was my first official day back in training here in Sarasota. I have *always* remembered how different it was working for Christina than it is working for Linda, but now the differences are very stark to me, since I am now refreshed about the workings of the birth center here at Birthways. I am such a blessed student, to have been able to work under midwives with such contrasting points of view on so many things, it helps me to find the medium that is myself and how I would run my own midwifery business one day.

I am, I have to admit, breathing a big sigh of relief upon returning to Birthways. Part of the relief is seeing that not a whole lot has changed. Some new furniture, new fun gadgets (go massive fax machine copier thing!! and scheduling program on the computer instead of a paper book, and YAY wireless internet!) but other things are still exactly how I remember them. Nice thick charts with good notes written in them, organization everywhere, office help, no clutter, it's just beautiful. I am surrounded by midwifery that is so much closer to how I envision myself practicing (not exactly, but at least much closer!)

Today I spent the day at prenatal visits, a home visit, and in the spare minutes in between Christina has been teaching me suturing, beginning with tying knots. I will spend the rest of the night tonight tying knot after knot and practicing suturing on a square foam. Suturing is something that I have really been intimidated by, I always feel very clutsy when using instruments like needle holders and hemostats, and Christina assured me it just takes practice and getting used to using them. And so I will spend the month practicing suturing over and over on foam, then on meat, and then I will come home to Tennessee and teach Andrea all that I've learned about suturing so that she also can feel confident in her ability to suture as well.

I'm back to taking more of a passanger seat position in the prenatals room, which is a weird switch for me since I am so used to doing prenatal appointments alone, or with Andrea. But I am happily taking blood pressures and feeling babies positions after Christina is satisfied with her on palpating. I doubt I'll do any blood draws while here, but I do not need practice in phlebotomy, what I need practice in is suturing, and of course I am here for births!! And I am getting both of those things while here.

I am already homesick :( That was something that I was not anticipating feeling so soon. It mostly kicks in at night, even last night, when I was trying to go to sleep. I think this is going to be a month full of long nights when there aren't any labors to distract me. At least my guy called me last night, and I am hoping he calls me tonight, because I am lonely. I might not have been missing him as much had I gotten to see him before I left, it's now been like three weeks since we managed to see each other, but he was so busy with crunch time for robot, and then I had to leave. And it doesn't help any that it is the Lenten season and I am spending it away from my kids. But I do have some distractions, and a very gracious hostess.

I can tell you that it is *hot* down here. And humid. Don't let anyone fool you into believing that Alabama/Tennessee is humid. THIS is humid! Now I remember one of the key reasons I moved out of Florida!!

now...***IMPORTANT NEWS****!!! There is a CRISIS in the state of Mississippi, where they are about to pass HB 695 which will OUTLAW CPM's and any other NON NURSE midwife in the state of MISSISSIPPI!! See the Citizens for Midwifery blogspot for more information!

NURSE-MIDWIVES and Certified Professional Midwives tend to be two *completely* different models of care, and limiting women to only the access of CNM's or OBGYN's is a major restriction and in my opinion a violation of the rights of childbearing families to have a competent care provider in the form of a CPM. All this bill does is further limit the ability of Mississippi families to make decisions for themselves about who and how they want to bring their children into the world!! If you live in Mississippi or have family or friends who do, please ask them to speak out to their congressmen against this bill!!

ok, stepping down off of my soap box.

Safe and Sound in Sarasota

After an unremarkable trip down. I am exhausted, and headed to bed after catching up with Christina and filling my tummy with sushi. I am sure I will write more tomorrow, but for now this midwife student is down for the count until morning. :)
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On My Way!

Finally on my way to Sarasota! I will be sure to blog once I arrive there safely! Until then!
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Someone Thinks *I'm* Special!

I want to thank my friend and client, Tiffany, for awarding me with this blog award!

Of course, there are rules to accepting this award, and I am quite happy to comply!

1. Thank the person who gave it to you
2. Pass this award on to 15 bloggers you've recently discovered and think are fantastic.
3. Contact the bloggers to let them know they've won.
4. State 7 things about yourself.

Well, first we'll start with the 7 things about myself (yay freebies for all of you!)

1. I have moved 11 times in 11 years. I hate moving
2. I am a (not so secretly) math geek. and band geek. and book worm.
3. I have always made better friends with men than women, that is, until I became a mom, and now I seem to do ok in friendships with women too.
4. I am an insomniac
5. I got married too young, and will probably sound just like my mom (who also married too young) when I give my daughter the "talks" about not getting serious too early.
6. I've always wanted to learn to play the cello
7. I am an avid journaler, both on and offline. I have two decades of my life chronicled in hand written journals and they are my most cherished possession. What better way do I have to learn from my mistakes then to have them from the first decision to the ultimate realization that it was a mistake to read from my own perspective at the time I was making the decisions?

Now, I do not have 15 favorite blogs, but I do have a few! I will post the links to the blogs that I follow daily (though some of them have not been actively updated in a long time)

Brown Bag Special
Joyful Adorations
Birthing Journey
Woman Uncensored

Well, that's all the blogs I follow right now, sorry the list isn't longer, this midwife student doesn't have all the time in the world to follow them! Oh, of course, check out my friend Tiffany's blog, who gave me this award to start with at Holy Pee Stick, Batman!

Now, back to packing for Florida! <3

Finally

Caught up on sleep!! After the birth of the twins I went home and slept nearly twenty-four hours!! I was apparently quite tired!

Now I am up and going to Church today, cleaning up, and packing for my trip to Florida to assist my former preceptor at 8 births next month! I am so excited about this trip, I've missed my friends there and I miss working with my old preceptor.

I probably won't write again until I am in Florida, so until then!!
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The Birth of Celia and Penelope

This is the birth story of Celia and Penelope as seen through this midwife (student)'s eyes.

C and P have a special place in my heart. I was doing her initial prenatal in which I was pretty certain I discovered twins. I went with them to their first ultrasound which *confirmed* it was twins. I went with them to almost every subsequent ultrasound, and I have never seen a client work harder to have a healthy pregnancy than C did.

We immediately asked C to go on Dr. Tom Brewer's diet for twins, and she did. And her babies continued to grow, and she never had any preterm labor symptoms. Everything was as perfect as we could ask for, with fraternal twins with two placentas, what they call di-di twins (which means that they are in separate chorion *and* separate amnion (the two sacs which make up the "bag of waters")) and they were both growing consistently, and both were presenting vertex (which means head down). This all is as ideal as it can get for an out-of-hospital birth of twins.

At around week 32, at the ultrasound, we discovered that they had turned from vertex/vertex to breech/breech. "Those little buggers!" We thought, but that's ok, we have a small arsenal of tricks up our sleeves for that! We had her get acupuncture, the webster technique, follow the advice on spinning babies, and take pulsatilla homeopathic. We were determined to get these babies to turn. At the last ultrasound, the babies appeared to be footling breech/vertex, which in the medical world is considered the *most* dangerous positions for twins to be in, and our back up OBGYN began talking section. None of us could believe everything was so perfect up until this point, and now things looked like we had limited options.

Linda asked me to try to track down a specific midwife (hereafter called "V") who has attended over 3000 births to see what she thought, and if there was any possibility that she might come to assist us with these twins. We knew it was a long shot (by far!) But were willing to try anything. We knew we would not be delivering these babies at the clinic without more experienced help there. I tracked her down, contacted her, she responded by giving me her personal contact information! Less than a week later she had a plane ticket to come supervise the births!

At 38 weeks and 2 days V arrived. Late the next morning C began having contractions and by about 1745 hours she entered into active phase. I called Andrea who was on her way. V did a vaginal exam to get an idea of what the presenting parts were, and found a foot, and a head! Well, seems these girls are going to vye for the title of "first born" and we wondered who would win! C's contractions were pretty far apart, and short, but dilating the cervix well so we didn't mind much. Upon next exam V found a presenting part of head, with hands up on each side of the head. Next exam she found two feet, and we decided that would be the presenting baby.

Just as C entered second stage, the presenting part was feet, with the other baby's head trying to move down first.

V thought we could coax the babies into letting the head down come first with some external uterine massage and poking the feet internally too. She thought for sure the head was down and feet were up and the vertex would be born first, but at the last minute the footling put her feet back down so that the vertex baby's head was basically in the footling's *lap*! Well that won't work, so V quickly massaged the vertex baby back up, and we held her there (the stinker!) And next thing we know, we have a tiny foot born. The double footling breech won her first fight with her sister!

Then we have two feet. Then up to the knees, the thighs, all the while V was keeping the legs warm with wet warm wash cloths. Then we have a hip! And another hip! And baby born to the umbilicus! Next push V sweeps the arms down, and baby is born to the nape of the neck. She skillfully lifts the baby upside down by the feet in order to allow the face to sweep the perineum. Because the baby did not do so smoothly and V didn't want C to tear, she handed me the feet and told me to hold baby just like that, while moving her at an angle to try to help it sweep. I did so, and a few seconds later V had manipulated the head completely out!! She immediately checked to see what presenting part baby B was, vertex, and everyone relaxed. Whew!
After a little bit, C asked me to take baby Penny so she could focus on pushing baby Celia out. An hour and thirteen minutes after Penny, Celia was born! Both babies had *amazing* APGARS of 8 and 9. Both babies had short cords, Celia's being so short we couldn't even lay her on C's stomach. Both babies were latching on and nursing well shortly after birth. And C didn't tear at all! What an amazing mama!

Penelope was born at 0413 hours on February 20, 2010 weighing 5lbs13oz and Celia was born at 0527 hours on February 20, 2010 weighing 6lbs8oz! Welcome to the world little ones!

Now this midwife (student) is going to try to get some sleep.
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I am so Blessed!!

I try to remember to count and name my blessings often, especially when things look down or difficult or even darn near impossible. Tonight I have many blessings, including being able to be there for the women at the clinic. However, this post isn't about my local women.

I have been offered an amazing opportunity to go work with my former preceptor for 3-4 weeks to work in the official role of "birth assistant" but be able to count the 8 births as births as an active participant. These will be the *last* 8 I require on this form!! Not only do I feel blessed to be able to work with her again (it is my opinion that she is an amazing woman and midwife!) But I am also blessed to be able to be there for her clients this month as well!

Thanks to this amazing opportunity (which was just too good to pass up!) I will be *only* four clients short of my goal in order to sit for my exam in February of 2011!! I can't believe it! That number is *completely* attainable and will most likely happen!! I am so excited!! What a long, and tumultuous (but blessed!) journey I have taken.

And thus the count down continues!!

Birth of Baby Girl Artica Love

Yesterday I also spent the first half of my day as labor support at the local hospital for one of our clients. There, at 1715, Artica Love was born into the arms of Jesus. She had died in utero at approximately 16-17 weeks gestation. My prayers for continued healing for her family and I ask for prayers from all of my readers for the family.

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.