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I'm gonna go for it
No, I'm not proposing to my bf 
I'm going to become a certified doula! Right now I'm going to school for nursing and I really want to be a labor and delivery nurse after I graduate. However, it is really hard to get into that right out of school. So I figure that if I become a doula and have already participated in births by the time I graduate, then it will help put me closer to my goal nursing position. Bought my books last night and I'll do training hopefully in March. Then I get to go to childbirth classes, a breastfeeding class, and help women through labor. Can't wait and I just had to share.
I'm going to become a certified doula! Right now I'm going to school for nursing and I really want to be a labor and delivery nurse after I graduate. However, it is really hard to get into that right out of school. So I figure that if I become a doula and have already participated in births by the time I graduate, then it will help put me closer to my goal nursing position. Bought my books last night and I'll do training hopefully in March. Then I get to go to childbirth classes, a breastfeeding class, and help women through labor. Can't wait and I just had to share. 
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Re: I'm gonna go for it
Married! May 27th, 2012
[QUOTE]Very exciting! I've considered becoming a CRNM before, but being a doula is an awesome idea! Do you take classes and get certified..how does that work?
Posted by jaycee7389[/QUOTE]
I might want to become a CRNM after I finish nursing school and have more experience. I am going to get certified through DONA, here's the link if you want to look into it <a href="http://www.dona.org/develop/birth_cert.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.dona.org/develop/birth_cert.php</a> You have do do some required reading, go to a weekend workshop, breastfeeding classes, childbirth classes, and write papers on three births you attend. It costs about 500 to 800 dollars to complete everything.
My blog about my crazy life during nursing school.
Nursing, School, Life
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm gonna go for it : I might want to become a CRNM after I finish nursing school and have more experience. I am going to get certified through DONA, here's the link if you want to look into it <a href="http://www.dona.org/develop/birth_cert.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.dona.org/develop/birth_cert.php</a> You have do do some required reading, go to a weekend workshop, breastfeeding classes, childbirth classes, and write papers on three births you attend. It costs about 500 to 800 dollars to complete everything.
Posted by kmheiges[/QUOTE]
That is awesome! Do ittt! :) I wish you would've posted this yesterday though, I went to a breastfeeding conference and there were a bunch of doulas with information I could've grabbed for ya :)
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm gonna go for it : That is awesome! Do ittt! :) I wish you would've posted this yesterday though, I went to a breastfeeding conference and there were a bunch of doulas with information I could've grabbed for ya :)
Posted by jaycee7389[/QUOTE]
I wish I would have posted then too. Oh well though, thanks for the thought though! How was the conference?
My blog about my crazy life during nursing school.
Nursing, School, Life
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm gonna go for it : I wish I would have posted then too. Oh well though, thanks for the thought though! How was the conference?
Posted by kmheiges[/QUOTE]
It was good. Just a good networking opportunity and about breastfeeding LPT infants.