The beginning.

Hello! For those of you who do not know me, my name is Amy and I have just enrolled in Ancient Art Midwifery Institute. I am a wife to Adrian, a mother to Caroline, and also a student at Oklahoma State University working on my BA in Political Science. I have decided to create a blog so that I can talk about my feelings as I work towards becoming a midwife.
Some people are wondering why I have decided to become a midwife...well I feel that women need as many people who are 100% confident about birth, and women's abilities to give birth. There are so many people out there who do not know what a women's body is capable of doing, and therefore are fearful of things that they do not know. I do not want to be considered anti- ob-gyn, but rather anti-birth managment. I also want to be a supporter of a woman's choice on how she wants to give birth. Whether it is in a hospital, or a midwife attended homebirth, or even an unassisted birth, just so long as she knows that truth about birth!! "Birth is Safe!"- Carla Hartley.
I want to become a birth expert. My dream is to know everything there is about birth and labor. I hope that someday I will be considered one of the greats, like Ina May, or Dr. Odent. I want to be the pregnant mother's ally. I want her to know that I am there to assist her and not to manage her labor. Someday....someday!!