I just uploaded a new classroom training under Business Courses → New Hires & Trainings Folder that I originally created for our own students and employees at The BirthHouse. This isn't your typical “annual OSHA checkbox” class, this is real life infection control through the lens of community birth work! If you plan to attend births, assist midwives, or run your own practice someday, this is foundational knowledge! This would also be a great starting place if you're early in training and want to understand where to start for the safety side of midwifery. Honestly… I think you're all really going to love this one. It’s practical and applicable to all of us! 👉 Go check it out in the classroom and give me some feedback when you can! https://www.skool.com/cajunstork-study-nest-2154/classroom/76841efb?md=d110dd17edfc4052aed35f8a480bc246

About much time do you think it takes to create Risk Assessments and Protocols for a Midwifery Practice?

Our protocol writing workshop is this Friday and this week we will be tackling Prolonged Labor as the focus. Here is this week's discussion question! ------------------------------------------------------------------ In midwifery care, we must constantly balance practicing midwifery care and not introducing "too much too soon", while not falling into the dangerous situation of practicing "too little too late". It's a delicate balance and must be considered on a case by case basis each and every time we serve. What feels hardest in that balance for you in your journey right now? What factors involved make this difficult for you? • Knowing when transfer might be needed for non-emergency scenarios • Worrying about transferring too early • Understanding how experienced midwives decide where the line is • Understanding documentation and liability • Something else?? Birth Settings in America 2020 Overview: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7305755/

Our coffee chat was really fun, and somehow we ended up going down a rabbit hole about glucose, CGMs, and what actually happens in our own bodies with food, stress, sleep, call life, etc. It was one of those conversations where nobody wanted to log off 😄 So we decided… why not track together?! #MIdwiferyLab For anyone who wants to participate, it sounds like we are going to wear CGMs for a couple of weeks and then come together a few time to talk about it. I think it will be interesting to see how stress and sleep deprivation impact our glucose, and how we can connect this to midwifery nutrition counseling.... Just learning together like we always do. If you might want to participate, just comment that you're interested, and we'll come up with the dates to start and coffee chat days for the lab to add to the calendar.