Midwifery

I took my first couple of steps towards midwifery this week. Saturday I attended the Michigan Midwives Association spring conference and had a great day learning about herbs. Jim McDonald is so knowledgable!!!

Yesterday I signed up for the AAMI Midwife Skills Lab that will be hosted in Michigan in October. I'm really looking forward to all the birth junkie stuff I have going on.

Last Night

Grandma passed away.

I don't know what to title this

My Dad is in the hospital for a possible brain infection. He's also having seizers and strokes. It appears his left side if being effected.

My Grandma (his Mom) is having congestive heart failure and Aunt Barbara is looking into hospice. She's 97 1/2.

My Aunt Ellen (his sister) had a tumor removed a couple weeks ago and has been diagnosed with brain cancer and has 6-12 months to life.

Jen (practically my little sister growing up) told me today that she has HPV cervical cancer. She just found out last week. Her Nana (practically my grandmother) died of cancer in 1993ish.

The La Leche League

What a great weekend we had! Very informative and just fun! Friday night I got me some henna - which I'm addicted to! Friday night Riley didn't sleep well and I couldn't get the heat to go up in the room. It was cold, so I was up making sure Riley was warm enough. Saturday morning came way too fast and I made it for the last part of the first session. With out lack of sleep, I was dragging my butt by 2 o'clock. The sessions were over by 6, so we went back to the motel and I got a wicked migraine and forgot I had Excedrin Migraine in my bad and I suffered for 3 hours until I went down to the office to see if the owner had some asprin. Luckily for me he did and without a half hour I was able to fall asleep. At 3am we were both wide awake! LOL So we played for a little bit, watched some TV, Ron Paul was on! The next morning we wrapped up the LLL conference and off to home we went.

Riley is 4 months old

Where in the world has the time gone?! It's going by way too fast! He's rolling from front to back and back to front. He's trying to sit up, and loves his his Jumperoo. Unfortunately he's sick. Coughing, congested, stuffy nose...my poor baby. It also puts a kink in my LLL plans for the weekend. I need to find out what I can give him.

Busy!

Yesterday was Easter, the kids had a blast and it was a beautiful day. We did work around the house and the kids played outside.

I've been pretty busy getting my little business and education underway. Instead of Cincinnatti, I'll be going to the NoVo toLabor conference. I'll be staying with Aunt Bonnie and Aunt Trish. I'm looking forward to seeing them, although very little of them. :-(

This weekend I hope to be going to the La Leche League conference up north. I'm being sponsored by Courtenay to become a leader, so I'll be going as an applicant. I may be able to apply this to my IBCLC hours. Not sure yet though, but my work with the LLL will be. I also have to talk a couple more OCC classes that is needed for the IBCLC.

In 3 weeks I'll be going to the Michigan Midwives Association spring conference in Lansing. They are focusing it around Jim McDonald and herbs in the childbearing year. I'm looking forward to this, but worried I'll feel out of place. Though this is for midwives, apprentices, or anyone else interested.