Service Learning 10 Hour Progress Check

Service Learning Time log

Sep. 7: My first day of service learning was very nerve racking! I was given a tour and a run down of what would basically happen when I would go.  Very simple and easy day, a couple came in and I met them and watched a birth video after.

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Sep.8: I was asked to come in this day because a different couple had an appointment.  It was difficult interacting with the couple because it’s a very private thing to enter the room during a prenatal check up.  That’s the hardest part about my service learning, but it was nice actually seeing how it would beJ I pictured myself doing it one day!

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Oct.26: I was watching a birth video and I was taking notes when a very nice couple came in. They had a post-natal check up and had a very cute baby boy! They told me how the mother had a water birth in the birth center, and how relaxed she was.  After them a couple cam in for a post-natal check up and from the other room I could hear the baby’s heart beat. I wasn’t sure if it was a boy or girl.

2:00-5:00

Nov. 10: This was the best day! I had a lot of fun, and felt very comfortable with the mommy’s and the soon to be mommy’s! I also asked a lot of questions to my midwife Joyce and watched another birth video with her!

2:00-5:00

Jan.11: This was the first time I attended service learning at night.  It was a three hour class on Hypnobabies. It was a great class! I loved it, I almost fell asleep because the class is very relaxing with soft music in the background, and they make you close your eyes and hear stories.

*Well this class opened my eyes to a different birthing technique and a different way of handling the pain.

6: 30-9:30

Jan.12: This day at service learning was very slow, but also helpful.  I had free time to read my midwifery books and ask my midwife Joyce questions. Every time I go, I learn something new and that’s always nice! There was a pre-natal check up, and I interacted with the mother for a little bit.

2:30-5:00

-The most significant thing I have learned from this experience is how hard it will be.  I thought it would be cherry pie and I was going just join every check up, but in reality it’s very difficult entering a private part of woman’s (which we are both strangers to each other) experience.  You have to build a special relationship with her, but not just her, with her family, her life and her baby. Which most OB’s fail to do.  From this experience I saw how it will actually be in life, and realized anything that is worth it requires hard work.

Total Hours: 16 hrs and a half