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!

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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 :)

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The Count Down Continues

The count down continues...as seems to be the center of my life right now. We currently have 17 clients due before October, and I need 15 more in order for me to sit for my NARM exam in February 2011. I pray on a daily basis that these numbers appear out of no where for me. I pray that we have a full 10 months with lots of beautiful births. I pray that I find a way to save the money for my Skills Assessment with the QE (it will be $700) and then that I also find a way to save the money for the actual exam (another $700). I pray for the ability to absorb as much knowledge as I can all at once.

Andrea needs another 20 on top of the numbers that we have, and I am hoping they come quickly for both of us. We really do need to get this finished and get our licenses. If I had the money, I'd just go to the Philipeans and finish my numbers there, but that is just not possible in my current life. So, let the women keep coming. They seem to keep coming.

I have a slow week scheduled for this week, with not much planned on non-clinic days. I will spend most of the week just trying to finish the MTB moodle website, I am almost there! I only have 5.5 more units to go live, and then I can start doing more nitpicky stuff on it!

Our twins mommy needs your special prayers right now as well. We are praying that these babies begin to cooperate and turn to the most desirable head down position prior to her next ultrasound which is February 2nd. Please pray for this family!

We are currently waiting on one mom who could have her baby at any time, but whom we do not expect to go into labor until mid week next week. Pray that she has a beautiful, easy labor and a healthy baby!

Until then!