A couple of weeks back I posted a question to our Midwives College of Utah Student Support Facebook Group. "I have a brilliant idea! Postpartum support for birth workers. After a grueling 24+ hours of support I want a postpartum doula to bring me food, draw me a bath, clean my house and give me a massage. What should the job title be? I am manifesting this for my future practice!!!" I was not posting in jest. I truly feel the need for someone in my life whose only job is to care for me. You see, I am terrible at self-care. Last year a fellow student midwife, Mary Burgess (Mary has graduated and is a practicing midwife in Bellingham Washington, click on her name for a link to her practice), presented at Clinical Rounds, "Holistic Check-In, for Midwives" (and students of midwifery). The presentation and her research was based on work by Elizabeth Davis in her book "Heart and Hands: A midwife’s guide to pregnancy and birth" (5th Ed., 2012). On pages 66 and 67 Ms. Davis includes “For Parents: Self-Care in Pregnancy” a self-questionnaire that the mother can use to rate herself on a scale of 1-4 to see how she is doing in prenatal self-care. Mary developed a "Holistic Check-In Questionnaire for Midwives & Students of Midwifery." With her permission I share this self-questionnaire below. When I participated in Mary's presentation I had an aHa moment. I need this much more in my life. Test yourself to see how well you are doing on self-care. I recommend the presentation if you are a student at MCU. It can be found on the MCU student portal in the Digital Library> Clinical Rounds> Holistic Check-In for Midwives.
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