“When the outbreak of World War II (1939–1945) forced many of the nurse-midwives in training to return home. The FNS then established the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery, the first of its kind in America. Since 1939, the school has trained hundreds of midwives. ”(“The Wealthiest”). Setting up a school of midwifery kept the practice alive during the second world war and to this very day.
In the story The Midwife’s Apprentice
The article, ‘Does Jazz Put the Sin in Syncopation,’ was originally an article written by Anne Faulkner in 1921. Faulkner claims that jazz is linked to ‘un-corseted bodies and sloppy workmen.’ Jazz music doesn’t have the structure of classical music and as a result society has lost its structure. While the excerpt doesn’t support Faulkner’s views, it does acknowledge that one of the article’s messages is an important one-- music challenges social values. There were mass political and social shifts in the roaring twenties.
Enabling Professionalism reflection This is a reflection on continuing professional and personal development in practice. This reflection is to allow me to improve profeesionally with supportive, evidence based literature and to enable me to evaluate the impact my professional behaviour as a student and future midwife. My learning need is to focus on the importance of professional behaviour when on placement and working with women, their families and members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
The path to becoming a board certified OB/GYN is long and rigorous, however, I am up for the challenge. Many ask me the common question “why spend 6 years until you can make money?” and common phrases like “You know once you're in you can’t get out”, and I agree. See, the main reason why I have chosen this path is because ever since I was 5, I have been closely linked with this career and the field fascinates me. You might say that 5 is a very young age to even know what this field is, let alone an OB, but I remember this scarcely from times when my mom was pregnant with my sister.
Nursing has always been a passion of mine, especially labor and delivery nursing. While others in my class would cringe away from the birth video in my freshman health class, I watched in fascination, tearing up at how natural and joyous childbirth was. When I told my parents, they were hesitant when it came to their support. My mother thought it was a messy job that required too much liability insurance. Unfortunately for her I was headstrong and refused to listen.
Billy’s story of becoming a midwife is a bit odd and strays from the “normal” career path for midwives. Billy was in his mid forties when he decided to start a career he was passionate about, after being involved in so many different professions before. He had been interested in midwifery for many year now, but opportunities for males in that profession were never available to Billy before. He says, “My brain didn't have the capacity to think of myself as a midwife,". Billy was first introduced to this field when asked to support and care for two different friend in need of help and support throughout their pregnancy and childbirth.
Throughout the documentary Babies, the main focus consists of documenting the similarities and differences of the lives of four babies from the time they are born until they grow into toddlers. There seemed to be more cultural differences than similarities between the infants when viewing this documentary. One of the main differences I want to draw attention to is child care. The families that reside in Tokyo and San Francisco, seem to have both the mother and father caring for the child. In Namibia and Mongolia, it appears that the mothers are the main care givers for the children, going so far as to notice that not a single father was shown throughout any of the scenes in Namibia.
As a midwife of color, I hope to influence my community by providing quality care and education to women of color, their families, and their babies. Five years after I begin my midwifery practice I plan to create a birth center in Albuquerque, New Mexico that specifically caters to women of color. This birth center will employ midwives, nurses, and staff members of color in an effort to provide an environment that caters to the needs of women of color. All staff members will be thoroughly trained to provide culturally competent care to the predominant cultural groups in New Mexico. The birth center will be available to all women regardless of income and meet the needs of the women it serves.
This becomes difficult to manage when the midwife has several women and babies to care for, as well as having time to mentor students such as myself. Nurses and midwives take pride in their caring and compassionate traits. However, staffing levels may influence these important attributes. Each individual nurse is different and provides the best level of care possible, yet it is found that some nurses
The life of women is an amazing adventure; we are emotional creatures. For some women to conceive a baby is not as easy as it may seem, conceiving a baby is most women's prize possession. The human body is a temple that can be altered and tampered with causing problems and symptoms such as diseases, infections and menstrual cycles Since the begging of time pregnancy and childbirth have been prevalent. The connection between a mother and their newborn is a heartfelt moment. The mother shares a deep connection with her baby that even scientist will never understand.
During the second trimester or four to six months, the heart rate gets stronger and other body systems are further developed. Nails, hair, eyelashes and footprints. Perhaps the most obvious size of the fetus is dramatically increasing and is about six times higher. While providing uterine protection, the fetus is indirectly connected to the outside world through the mother. Many mother-related factors can harm the fetus: poor nutrition, alcohol use, smoking, the use of some prescription or over-the-counter drugs, the use of recreational drugs such as cocaine, sedatives and drugs, X-rays and other types of radiation.
‘Midwives Rules and Standards’ (NMC, 2015) scope of midwifery practice consists of the midwifes roles and responsibilities. It informs us that as a midwife they have a duty to follow the standards when looking after mother and baby. As well as following the NMC for nurses and midwives (NMC, 2015). The midwifery scope is focussed on providing high quality care for women and babies in all settings (RCM, 2010). The framework allows midwives to fulfil their role.
Birth, of course, does not mark the beginning of human development; rather, development begins at conception. Once the fertilized egg is produced, there are many events and hazards that can influence how it develops and becomes a person. During the nine months of prenatal development is critical in determining the health and optimal structure of a newborn. (Lazinski, 2008). Can be tested through ultrasound sonography, fetal MRI, chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis and blood screening.
THE ROLE OF THE MIDWIFE One of the principal roles of the midwife in hypnobirthing consists in explaining the pregnant woman and her partner evidence-based information related to the gestation and childbirth in the antenatal period. According to Philips-Moore (2012), one of the principal anxieties of the expecting couples, apart from the fear associated with terrible stories heard about birth, is the named ‘fear of the unknown’. The author states that it can be enormously reduced when a professional explains the birthing process and the methods that the woman can use to help her body in going through it. He highlights the importance of providing fathers or birth partners with explanations about the whole process and how ‘to be part of the
