Week #6

Weeks 2-5 went by VERY fast. Accomplishments include:
- Ordered DONA certification packet
- Signed up for and attended DONA 3-day Birth Doula Workshop/Breastfeeding class for the first weekend in December
- Finished book #1
- Have a first birth client whom is due on Saturday, December 19th! Wow, this is all happening faster than I expected
- Prepared my Doula services packet (incluing contract, description of services, articles, labor relaxation techniques, DONA forms, etc.) that I have presented and discussed with my first potential clients
- Attended Cortiva massage therapy workshop and met some of my fellow students!
- Signed up for (and was accepted) the Chicago Doula Yahoo group
- Set-up a meeting at Swedish Covenant Hospital to enroll in 12-hour Doula volunteer blocks of time
- Toured RUSH University Medical Center labor and delivery suite

I'm very excited about this first birth that I will attend (hopefully I will be able to attend this birth...but, I do have a back-up that I met at the Doula Workshop).

More updates to come soon!