Tag: cake

UGH. These labs are going to be the death of me or primips—I can’t decide.  So, I have to thank those who opened my mind and gave me a chance. Looking back a year ago, when I was interviewing with the midwife in Minnesota, I thought I had a fairly good foundation for midwifery. No, I didn’t. It is glaringly obvious to me now why she didn’t like me or think I would be worth having around. Heck, I can’t believe anyone found me worthy. Maybe I was a warm body? It’s not that I think midwifery is rocket science by any stretch, but you do need to think quickly and know your shit. You may only use this info a handful of times in your career, but you need to know it, be able to recall it with incredible deftness and confidence. Foresight is incredibly important. Yet, it is kind of like making a cake, you have basically the same ingredients every time, you know about how long it should take depending on conditions and well you check it every so often knowing that every time you open the oven door you may be causing more problems, but your cake should overcome. So, you set up your area –get your plate where you will frost the cake ready and the wire rack where the cake will cool. You have your supplies washed and ready to go and even have in the back of your mind where the fire extinguisher and extra flour are kept in case of a blaze.