I would like to share some of the presentation with my blog readers.
Two of the topics included in the presentation, Midwife-blogger, and Vernix can be found at another blog that I write, http://privatemidwiferyservices.blogspot.com/
There were some great messages sent to the classroom. Here are examples of comments (without names of the writers) on Vernix, followed by general discussion on blogging:
Baby ColdCream
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Super moisturizer! If only we could market it!
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something i did not expect to see on my baby! it was quite a shock but it truly is a miraculous substance!
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When I was working near Mexico ALL the women in the birth room would wipe it off the baby and on their own faces :) So sweet
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good for the crow's feet!
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My last bub had it allon his back, eww! :) I think they wiped it off my hosp babies. :)
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I am a student and other midwifery students are able to use it [a blog] for learning.
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Thirst for knowledge
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Lisa's blog is how I found out about true midwifery practice
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It is a way for those who aren't yet apprenticing to be exposed to information that they may not be able to have a hands-on to yet.
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comments are really mini conversations on a blog
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I'm not a midwife yet, just going to become...But already thinking about a blog that can really help in my future practice. I'm from Belarus and homebirth here is not legal and not that popular yet. Hope to change this situation.
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It creates a feeling of community to discover that someone somewhere else is interested in similar things
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i found blogs to be the only way to uncover the real effect of the new legislations
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I found it interesting to read overseas blogs by midwives who stated they would never work in Aus because of the ongoing battle between medical and midwives.
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As students, blogs from practising midwives are excellent sources of "unconventional" learning. Dont ever stop!!
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Thank you for the lovely comments on your slides, I'll be a reader from now on, if I can find you;-)
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I learn so much from blogs
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i have always been intimidated by blogging... but now it really doesn't seem so bad!
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me too
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You see, even though I wasn't able to do my talk, the audience took over and made the best of it! Thanks to all who participated.
