Service Learning

Service learning time log 

Total Hours: 52.5        

Date	Time	Hours
9/07/10	1-5	4
9/08/10	3-5	2
10/26/10	2-5	3
11/10/10	2-5	3
1/11/11	6:30-9:30	3
1/12/11	2:30-500	2hrs and 30 min
1/26/11	2-5	3
1/31/11	2-5	3
2/02/11	2:10-5:10	3
2/08/11	2-3	1
2/09/11	3-5	2
2/15/11	2:15-5:15	3
2/18/11	9:30 am-12:30 pm	3
5/02/11	2-5	3
5/09/11	2-5	3
5/10/11	2-5	3
5/11/11	2-5	3
5/12/11	2-5	3
5/14/11	10am-12	2

   




















**I did 35 hrs for my independent task!
Through 3/27-4/26
(1) LIA Response to blog:
Literal

 
My usual days were Mondays and Wednesdays, Mondays were office days so there were no appointments. Those days I would do research and usually talk to Lynn, SM and administrator director or Joyce CPM. Talking to them about my research or there baby delivery stories, and about my essential question helped me so much. When they did have appointments I would talk to the parents about why they chose a midwife. I learned a lot about the people that went in to the birth center. Many parents had children so while they were in there prenatal or post natal check ups I would entertain their kids. My midwife always had games or videos out there for them. Some days there were students that would come to the birth center, and the students were always fun! Joyce would do tours for them and explained the midwifery model of care, and many students seemed as they were interested about midwifery, like me! Service learning has allowed for me to be apart of a hypnobabies class and a child birthing class, those classes I learned why parents have chosen midwives and how well educated they all are. So basically, I attended one prental, not a lot I know but I still learned a lot, I talked to the parents, the kids, the students that came in and joined two classes.

Aqua Natal Birth Center
Lynn Ashworth: 909-591-2924 cell: 909287-9539
Joyce Thomas: 909-591-2924 cell: 909-489-7077

Interpretive

The most important thing I gained was my product. I saw how Lynn and Joyce ran their office and sometimes had problems with being paid. Midwives sometimes struggle with finances due to the fact that health insurance will not pay them, and sometimes families cannot pay them. Experiencing this I verified that I do not want my own private practice. Not because of the getting paid issue but because I cannot picture myself fighting over money, and I would be to stressed about running my own business. I may not even want to be a CNM in California, I want to practice in a hospital in another state, and mainly help those in rural areas. So I will already know that they have financial problems. I know for a fact that I do want to be a nurse midwife, my fourth interview guided me in the right direction, and I met her through service learning. Another thing I gained was my relationship with my midwife, I can talk to her all day, and although I am done with my hours I will always go back to visit her. I am very grateful for having her in my life because with out her I would not have learned as much as I learned, she was very welcoming. Anytime someone new came in she introduced me and I felt she gave me my place. I can most definitely go back to a student midwife with her, like she once told me.

Applied

Being at service learning influenced my answers. I saw how Joyce and Lynn educated every mother and her partner as they walked in. During a tour with new clients they would read the contract and watch the video "Birthday" and that educated them the midwifery aspect on birth. Joyce shows that video frequently. Being at service learning I saw the value of education, and why mothers chose a midwife. Many that I talked to did not have a good experience in the hospital with their previous child, others were very opened minded and knew a little about midwives. Joyce gave out her "Water Birth Guide" to mothers, and also told them about a hypnobabies class they could take. I knew that Joyce was educating them on their options so they could have a better birth experience.
I also saw the bond they built, Joyce and Lynn could talk to their clients about their day, and never spent 15 min with them it was always about 45 min.
learning about the parents lives and their previous births allowed for me to understand midwifery and why they chose to deliver with a midwife.
My midwife also educated them on the natural process and on how important it is to follow it. Joyce showed them techniques for dealing with the pain and explained to them what the hospital would do (This was so helpful to me) she also told them that they only take low risk patients, and the hospital is for high risk patients. I didn't understand this but when a mother came in and she didn't have any prenatal check ups, no medical history available, then she became too high risk for them. Service learning allowed for me to see my answers in real life, and was later supported through text that I read. 

(2) Aqua Natal Birth Center

Lynn Ashworth, administrator director, student midwife: 909-591-2924 
cell:909287-9539

Joyce Thomas CPM: 909-591-2924 
cell: 909-489-7077

52.5 hours