Valerie I-Midwifery
E.Q:What is the best way a midwife can influence a birth experience?

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Topic Choice 1

What is your topic?
-Midwifery

Why did you chose this topic?
- This is the career path i want to pursue, well i want to be a RN first:)
But as for being a midwife I'll do that after becoming a registered nurse. I felt that midwifery would be a fun senior project and working on this project for the whole school year would open many doors for me.  Midwifery has always caught my attention since sophomore year and this summer my grandma who was a midwife as well, told me her stories from back in the day.  She told me she never went to school to be a midwife she was just gifted, and that even though she never went to school she delivered a lot of babies! She delivered her aunt's baby at age 16, and after that women just went to her.  In Mexico some women couldn't afford to go to the doctor so they would go to my grandma and she did it for free:) Her stories in a way motivated me more to pursue this and encouraged me. She has faith that i will one day be a midwife and that faith will keep me going when i feel overwhelmed or feel as if i can't do it.

What do you hope to accomplish after studying this topic all year?
-I hope to accomplish a better understanding on the topic, and to get a hands on approach.  I want to know enough so when i enter college I'm ahead.  I want to know how it feels to really be a midwife, to have the ability to deliver a baby and to ease the woman from the pain.

Research Semester 2

Science Fair

Service Learning