Wendy Muir CD(DONA)
A little about me:
I am a prenatal instructor at Okanagan College, a certified DONA International doula, Lamaze trained, the mother of five wonderful children and married for over thirty years. I have enjoyed being involved with pregnancy and the birthing process ever since my Registered Nurse’s training when I discovered my love for maternity nursing. The whole birthing process continues to be amazing and wonderful to me.
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I began accompanying friends and my husband’s colleagues in 1984, after the birth of our first child. Since 1999 I have been teaching prenatal classes at Okanagan College. In 2005, with our children in their teens and twenties, I decided to become DONA certified and attend more births. Over the years I have accompanied women through their labour in a wide variety of situations ranging from the average woman and her partner with their first baby, to single moms, teen moms, women who have had more than two babies and one couple with the last five of their ten children. Their choices in labour have varied greatly from those who want as few interventions as possible to those who prefer an elective caesarean. My goal is to help each family have the best birth they can, according to their preferences, given the specific labour or situation they find themselves experiencing.
Continuing education is important to me; I attend workshops, training sessions and keep up with recent periodicals and research. In the spring of 2007 I participated in an 18 hour breastfeeding course and July, 2008, I attended the DONA International Convention. Other courses in the last four years include Lamaze international Advanced skills Series: Mission Possible and DONA International: Boundary Skills. |
