Today’s Birth Emergencies Class will be streamed LIVE on YouTube. We will be starting at 10:07am CST. Hope you can join us! https://www.youtube.com/live/H5hey9ZmhlY?si=Os_p2NzSEZ_XgdZG

We start in 10 min ! Today: Business Beginnings | First Steps of Your Practice. In one hour you'll walk away with: - A clear picture of who you serve and the problem you solve - A first draft of your vision + mission - 1 / 3 / 5-year goals across four life areas - The paperwork, insurance, and entity checklist to open your doors - Bring a notebook.There are short exercises you'll actually fill in. Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87406799538?pwd=AoEVi4FKfQyOQFSQOkuLFiAa1Cw39A.1 See you at 9:30CST

The class link glitched this morning! So sorry! I’m teaching again today at 1pm and I’ll go ahead and turn on the camera then for those who wanted to watch Birth Emergencies! Here is the link for the 1pm Cajun Stork is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Birth Emergencies Class Time: Mar 26, 2026 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82789379459?pwd=dClfZ9A2QVYOtedJ9V71fbgUMc57yB.1 Meeting ID: 827 8937 9459 Passcode: 799956 --- One tap mobile +13052241968,,82789379459#,,,,*799956# US +13092053325,,82789379459#,,,,*799956# US --- Join by SIP • [email protected] Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/82789379459/invitations?signature=i8_EhNPzgmuCLnU5rcYRTu3VSHLBFEPm--9ethrIzCU

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

Coming Up Next Friday: Business Course! This week I’ve been deep in CABC reaccreditation work, and one of the things I had to build was a prolonged labor protocol. Sounds simple… but it really isn’t. Most of the definitions we use come from ACOG hospital guidelines, yet midwives practice in a completely different environment. We support physiologic birth, we don’t have epidurals, and our transfer decisions have to account for distance, transport time, and resources individually for each family we serve. The good news is that we finally have real outcome data from the AABC Perinatal Data Registry (PDR) to help inform these decisions...the bad news is they didn't actually give us a recommendation, but are expecting us to have a protocol for it anyway. So next Friday I’m using my Prolonged Labor Protocol development to walk you through: • How to find the evidence for protocol writing • How to interpret ACOG guidance vs midwifery practice • How to turn research into a clear, defensible policy • And yes… how I used ChatGPT to help organize the evidence and draft the protocol.... and I will teach you to save time using it too! This will be a behind-the-scenes look at how policies actually get written, not just the final product. But, you can walk away with your policy if you tune in! If you’re a student, new midwife, or anyone who wants to understand how evidence becomes clinical policy, this one will be really helpful. I hope you can join us next Friday! Here is the calendar link: https://www.skool.com/cajunstork-study-nest-2154/calendar?eid=0cdd55515640447cbc9a9cf0926eee9d