SixTumbleMom's blog

Hiya, y'all. I haven't been around in a while at all. School has kept me insanely busy, but I love it as I've finally decided where I'm going with it, major-wise and maybe even career-wise. I'm not sure, but I think the last time I posted my husband and I were separated, but now we are back together, working through as best we can. Also, we now co-own a used bookstore together!

When my brother was 19 he was in a terrible car accident. He was speeding, the lady ran the stop sign and didn't have her grandkids strapped into their carseats. Both toddlers died on impact. It was an absolutely AWFUL, TRAGIC accident for everyone involved. My brother was put on probation for 10 years for vehicular manslaughter. He maintained fairly well for a couple of years, but the trauma of the accident (among other things) eventually wore him down and he began stealing and shop lifting.

So, it's been a month since we did the screening. We had about 30-35 people show, about 10 of them being midwives or doulas. We had the head of the ICAN chapter for our region come as well (thanks to whomever suggested I look into that...she had loads of information on local doctors and their c-section rates). It was pretty low-key, but once I got the ball rolling with questions and answers, the discussion went on for over an hour and a half!