The changes we have seen in our country since March of 2020 has effected all of us, even me, a then stay-at-home homeschooling mom training to be a midwife.
I never expected to practice in my home town. I was fully looking ahead to serving in a missions capacity during times my husband would be home until the boys were grown and then perhaps permanently.
For us, my husband lost his job and thus I needed to help with the income. In the interim of my oldest starting college, my youngest needing to be seen for sports and me gaining licensure, God was at work. He paved a way for myself and my midwife colleague to work together, my younger son to have an opportunity at a school right in line with my previous homeschooling curriculum and ethics, my older son to ease into college with time to work, and my husband to have some much needed time off.
These are strange times for all of us no matter which side we fall on regarding the different issues but one thing remains constant. Women are having babies and they need options and support for their choices. THAT is why I serve.
I worked many hours setting up a business complete with website, forms, office, equipment and more. God brought the clients. There are more women seeking homebirth in my area due to the limitations in the hospital settings. I still doula in the hospitals here and I personally think they are doing a really good job in labor in delivery trying to serve with respect and understanding. ❤
Doula By Donation 