Wow. It is amazing how fast time passing while your busy getting on with things!
The good news is that I have only one module to go which I intend to complete this weekend. The business side of things is a little daunting but I am slowing gathering information for clients and have even designed a logo! Now all I need to do is get out there and support women.
There is much going on to stop me from committing to clients right now - heavy work committment, an overseas trip and relocating the family but... I do have one birth lined up and I am SOOO excited about it!!!!! What an honour to be invited to be present at the arrival of a new little being into the world. There will be tears (and tears and tears) to be sure.
I am seriously considering the option of supporting women post-natally. To me it's like first time mothers who often read up on pregnancy and the delivery but don't get past the enormity of birth or think that everything afterwards will all come naturally. It does for many but sometimes women encounter things they don't expect. And this is not the time for women to feel disempowered. I had issues post-natally with my first son and felt really unsupported. As a result I feel I can really relate to women around me experiencing difficulties. These can be breast-feeding related, post-natal depression or simply getting over the shock of how different their lives are now. They just need to be told it's ok and that they will get through it. Instead you have shift workers at hospitals giving you conflicting advice, clinical providers at baby clinics leaving you feeling inadequate or simply people around you saying the things you don't want to hear. So. Once I relocate my mission is to get in with a ABA group and start training as a lactation consultant.
It's all just so important. I think... !
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so true... I was lucky after difficult/c-section birth, to have few post natal troubles. Breastfeeding should be encouraged all the way, I am sure so many don't get there because of lack of assisstance/ support etc. A fussy baby could put you right off at a very vulnerable and fragile time. Lactation advisor, is that the official name???? And did you see the big breastfeeding session to celebrate breastfeeding day recently??? will try and track down article.
sorry... consultant.
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