Have you ever had life literally knock on your door and call you into action? When I was 24 and living in a rented home, I got a knock on my door one day as I was packing up to move. The woman showed up and just started talking all about what she did and who she was. She was a midwife, a word I wasn't even totally sure I understood. She went on talking about her job and life and I just sat there in awe, soaking it all up.
After she left, I was buzzing, I was sold. I wanted it. I wanted to do it all, work with women and be a part of the birth world. I caught the bug, so they say, and started devouring everything I could on homebirth and midwifery care.
I called up the woman I met and asked her meekly if I could apprentice with her. I still knew nothing, but I did know I wanted to be a midwife.
I ended up learning from her for just a few short months before I moved to a different city. At the time, the state I was living in didn't have "legal midwives", so it was extremely difficult to find another midwife to take me on as an apprentice. All of the ones I found were either too far or weren't practicing anymore. So, my dreams got put on the back burner, but it never left my heart.
Over the next few years, I apprenticed with another Midwife for a couple of months before deciding it wasn't a great fit for either of us. I found another Midwife who wasn't practicing, but taught me the art of taking herbs and making them into salves, balms, bath soaks, and all sorts of other goodies.
A long and windy road led me right back to the beginning many years later when I got pregnant with my first child. I immediately knew that I would birth her at home with a midwife. It was beautiful, it was raw, and it showed my heart WHY I want to be a midwife. I felt so cared for when I was feeling so vulnerable. I felt loved and listened to and that is the gift I wish to give back to women.
I called up the woman I met and asked her meekly if I could apprentice with her. I still knew nothing, but I did know I wanted to be a midwife.
I ended up learning from her for just a few short months before I moved to a different city. At the time, the state I was living in didn't have "legal midwives", so it was extremely difficult to find another midwife to take me on as an apprentice. All of the ones I found were either too far or weren't practicing anymore. So, my dreams got put on the back burner, but it never left my heart.
Over the next few years, I apprenticed with another Midwife for a couple of months before deciding it wasn't a great fit for either of us. I found another Midwife who wasn't practicing, but taught me the art of taking herbs and making them into salves, balms, bath soaks, and all sorts of other goodies.
A long and windy road led me right back to the beginning many years later when I got pregnant with my first child. I immediately knew that I would birth her at home with a midwife. It was beautiful, it was raw, and it showed my heart WHY I want to be a midwife. I felt so cared for when I was feeling so vulnerable. I felt loved and listened to and that is the gift I wish to give back to women.
