On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 12:53, heather wrote:

> It's interesting, because my current non-fave author Gina Ford (see
> previous posts) has as part of her publicity blurb that she is a
> maternity nurse who 'has cared for' (bluuurgh!) 'over 300 babies and
> children in  her 20 year career'.

Sheez, is that *all*??  I've cared for close to 100 babies and families
in the, what, 4 years I've been a post-partum doula.  Maybe I can write
a book in a few years and make gobs of money.

I have to say that truly the families have taught me as much, if not
more, than I have have taught them.  I and my clients generally laugh at
these types that have this intense desire to minutely control a *baby*.
When I do see these books at the nightstand then I do have a teachable
moment and the parents come away with a lot more knowledge about
physiology and psychology then they ever bargained for.

I think we can all feel good that we are bettering the world, one family
at a time.  We can't help all the families we contact, but we are
chipping away at it.

regards,
Beth
PPDoula, Perinatal Educator
--
  /\/\    Beth Johnson
 / o o\   Cosmic Wonderer
( / ^^\)  Springfield, MA USA
 \ M_M/   "Ruling a country is like cooking a small fish--
           you have to handle it with care."--Lao Tzu


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