BSc Midwifery?!

I haven't posted much in a long time.  Frankly, I've never been a very dedicated blogger.  But I have been pretty busy in the past year and a 1/2.  September 2010, I started my journey to be a midwife as a full time university student at McMaster in the BSc Midwifery program. I'll graduate in 2014.

It's a road that I started on in 1998 but I stepped off the path for massage therapy when I wasn't accepted into the program.  It took me 12 years to come back to my passion - the career that I really have been chasing all along.

Don't get me wrong - I love massage therapy.  I love the variety of people that I meet and the relationships that we build.  I have had the most AMAZING conversations while massaging - crazy stuff like religion, politics, parenting - big issues that step outside the mainstream.  I also enjoy the quiet - the people who don't talk. The privilege of being present in someone else's peace - of helping create a moment of peace for another human being - is very powerful.  It's an honour that I am thankful for.

I'm not putting flowers in your hair.  More likely, I'm going to put your hair in a sloppy ponytail on top of your head.  Bring a hat.

Massage has its issues too.  I wish I could provide massage for everyone who needed it - not just those who can afford it or are privileged enough to have extended health benefits that cover massage.  I am so happy that midwifery is paid in full by the Ministry of Health.  It doesn't matter if you can afford it, have coverage, are a refugee or have OHIP coverage.  If you have a normal pregnancy then you can have midwifery care.

I'm off this term, January 2012 to mid-April 2012, I'll be providing full time massage therapy.  You're hopefully going to hear a lot more from me during these months.  Then I'll be on placement in St. Thomas, until August, learning how to catch babies and all other things midwifery related.  Thanks for being part of my journey.

Please visit our association's, Ontario Midwives Association, website to learn more about midwifery.