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Midwives are trained through a combination of textbook knowledge and real world application by apprenticeship.
I enjoy the privilege of being the preceptor to new
midwifery students in Texas. In this role I provide both real world
education and classroom instruction and clinicals according to the
Department of Sate Health Services licensing Standards.
Meet our Apprentices!
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Nicole Shipman, Apprentice
I
am a student midwife, currently apprenticing with Bonnie Kitchen of
Eden Song Maternity. I was born and raised in Texas, and I’ve always
loved working with and being around children. I worked as a nanny for
several years, but somehow knew that I was meant to do more. After a
trip to an orphanage in Russia, I knew that I was meant to serve
humanity somehow, so I blindly searched my heart for answers. I was
first introduced into the birth community by a Doula in Austin, Texas.
She used a midwife with all her children and supported the philosophy of
natural birth with minimal iatric intervention. I, being holistically
minded myself, quickly adopted such philosophy. She got me in touch
with a midwife that helped me get started in the Association of Texas
Midwives training program, which I am in the process of completing now.
As
a requirement of training, I had to be accepted by a midwife preceptor
so I searched the midwife community for the best and chose Bonnie. She
had a reputation for being knowledgeable, a skillful practitioner, and
served as the Director of Education of the Association. After working
with her, I found out she choose me because I loved Greek food….(Ha, Ha)
Since I have been working with Bonnie I have observed her passion for
teaching, as well as her immense heart for home birth. She has lived up
to all these expectations and exceeded them. I have had the
opportunity to assist Bonnie with 11 births, and I am looking forward to
many more to come. I intend to graduate from the program in 2010 and
continue practicing and learning in what I believe will be my life’s
profession. I am grateful to be learning and assisting Bonnie here at
Eden Song Maternity. Together, I believe we can help to create a world
with healthier and happier mothers and babies.
I returned
from Maternity leave in Sept. 2009
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Eden Song Maternity Inc, is a busy, yet small midwifery practice. We take the training of our apprentices seriously therefore we limit the number of apprentices in our practice at one time. This affords the apprentice the one on one instruction of a dedicated preceptor and our mothers the best of care.
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