Heather in OK
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My oldest two start community college on 8/21.
I'll start home school with my youngest two on 8/7....probably. I'm not ready for summer to be over. -
I'm hoping to. We'll be on a plane ready to land in an area of totality when it starts. lol I'm kind of excited about that and plan on packing the special glasses (we bought a pair for everyone in our family a few years ago for the transit of Jupiter) in my purse and hope to have a window seat where I can see it!
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Send her mail and care packages.
Are you close enough that YOU can go visit her? Maybe plan a few visits to take her out to lunch/dinner.-
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Still researching but CK12 is near the top of my list for Biology. I'm just wincing at the expense of the lab kit it seems is most commonly used with it: http://www.thehomescientist.com/kits/BK01/bk01-main.html
Is this the only option?
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Don't buy the junk. If it's not in your house, you won't eat it.
Food prep: I prep fresh fruit/veggies after I get back from grocery shopping. That way they are clean and ready to eat thru the week.
Use an InstantPot and/or CrockPot.
Some meals do take more work but overall, I don't find eating real foods (not processed) that much harder.-
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:lurk5: Because I'm looking too and didn't get many replies to my post.
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We don't do much in the summer. My kids don't really enjoy public pools so we don't go swimming. We're not involved in any organizations that have sleep-away summer camps.
My oldest two work part time.
My 14yo hangs in her room most days. She attended a theater class (1x/week for four weeks) and starting in July will have an art class twice a week.
My 11yo is a homebody and is perfectly happy staying home.
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Ditto having a full thyroid panel done.
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Oooo...Thanks for posting this!! I need some beach shoes for our anniversary trip!
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I see you've replied already but I wanted to chime in.
Yes, it is possible. Hard, but possible.
I am a CPM. I have been doing birth work for 10 years now and I have had my own practice for a little over four years. My situation is a little difference since I am in private practice. I can set my client load (no more than four a month), appointment schedule (two evenings a week + friday mid-morning/early afternoon), and months that I don't take clients (December). It was difficult when I was starting out and they were little but we made it through. Now that they are older it's quite a bit easier since they are doing more independent work and my oldest can drive which helps quite a bit. But it can still be rough when I do have several clients due.
I think your decision to wait until they are older is wise. Enjoy this time with them! Midwifery will always be there for you to pursue.
I actually think homeschooling has made it easier to be on call as my kids just stay home and in their routine.
I totally agree with this! If I'm at a birth, I don't have to worry about getting them to school or picking them up.
A full time midwifery practice will be a high strain on your family. Your kids will never know if they can count on you to be home for anything. Birthdays, performances, holidays etc. Possibly in a large group where you rotate call it would be better but that isn't actually better for the women you serve as continuity of care is one of the benchmarks of midwifery care.
And this. So much this.
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Fwiw, we attempted Breaking the Barrier and tried hard to make it work by adding workbooks for additional practice. It did not go well; I don't recommend BtB.
So what DO you recommend?
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I guess when the body goes out of whack it craves carbs and food in general for energy that it isn't getting.
When I slip back into poor eating habits and feel this way it's my clue to get back on track. Eating as close to a Whole30 plan resolves quite a bit.
Increasing healthy fats helps A TON!!!! Especially for endocrine system issues (hormones, thyroid, PCOS, PMS, etc). I don't do low carb but instead healthy, nutrient rich carbs.
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We wing it too. No real plan other than I like to do Government the Senior year. It's also a good one to wait until then to do because it's offered through the CC as a concurrent class.
There is also a World History class offered as concurrent so I may wait and have my last two take it that way. I have considered using Glencoe World History with the Oak Meadow coursebook but I'm not sure yet.
My 10th grader did Geography last year. We used The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide and the geography questions out of Trail Guide to World Geography.-
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Math: Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2
English II: leaning towards LLATL for literature; Writing/Rhetoric Commonplace; Within the Word 2; considering Fix It!Science: leaning towards CK12 Biology with the lab kit from The Home Scientist
History: Still trying to decide. I've considered Glencoe World History + the Oak Meadow Coursebook. She has also expressed an interest in focusing on the history of France.French: Not sure yet. Someone here recommended Breaking the Barrier but I'd really love something like Latin Alive! that has the lecture portion on cdrom.
Extras not taught by me:
Violin
Theater
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My oldest two are working part-time. I really wish they were getting more hours but..*shrug*
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I've tried Tom's..didn't work.
I've tried Primal Pit Paste....it worked for a while but not so great now that it's summer.
Right now I'm giving Schmidt's a try. So far so good.-
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Even tho I'm working now, I have to limit my practice and appointment days/times because of homeschooling and kids at home. Several of my colleagues with busier practices are either young single ladies or those a little older than me with kids grown. I'm hoping to be able to grow my practice quite a bit more once I'm done schooling these kiddos. I'd really love to open a birth center as well.
ETA: I also have a dream of obtaining my Master of Science in Midwifery. But alas, I am still paying on college loans for a degree I'm not using so I can't justify the expense of more student loan debt. :(-
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:grouphug: Wonderful update!! Wishing you peace for the remainder of your pregnancy and the birth.
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So far, so good. But the vine borers haven't arrived yet.
I have four raised beds for veggies and herbs. I have tomatoes (4 regular size, 4 cherry, and several volunteer), corn, zucchini, yellow zucchini, mini watermelons, mini cantaloupe, snap peas, cucumbers, radishes, borage, cilantro (volunteer), dill (volunteer), and basil.
This is the BEST year I've had with corn! It's growing like mad!!
Everything else is thriving and green and happy. We'll see how the rest of the summer goes. So far it hasn't been too horribly awful hot for everything.
I've got squash bugs but they aren't a big deal at all. I'm just hoping the vine borers hold off until my squash is done and my melon vines are almost done. :/
My front flower beds are....eh. I fight with bermuda so I have a couple spots that are just starting to look horrible. And it's getting hot outside and I just can't be out in the heat pulling it up all the time. :( I'm really not sure what to do there. Hoping to someday have a client who does some landscaping so I can do a barter.-
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Garden of Life
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I usually get around 8. Some nights more. I neeeeeeeeed my sleep!!
When I'm on-call I try to go to bed earlier than my normal in case I have to answer a call or leave. And if I'm up overnight, I do what I can once I'm home to rest and get extra sleep to catch up. -
They can't give you pitocin without your consent. That is a very clear line. They can't "slip it to you." That is straight up illegal. They have to obtain your consent.
But they do. Quite often in fact.
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We are in the same area. I have never had a dr not want to give me pit drip even tho I was VBAC. 6 different DRs wanted to do it as SOP even for VBAC. And my labors tend to go fast as it is without it. I refused as much as possible.
Oh are we? :thumbup1: I wasn't of that many doctors in the Tulsa area who will do VBAC. Over the years I've only known of three, maybe four as an option for those planning hospital VBAC. There is the hospitalist option at St John but it's very tricky to get a VBAC there.
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As far as the pitocin, I would suspect that having been a previous c section they'd want to be careful with that anyway. I don't have the studies to back it up, but after my first c section and discussing a VBAC with my second baby my doctor was adamantly against pitocin Due to the increased chance of rupture with it. We didn't know at that time how thin my uterus was, and my VBAC went bad anyway even without the pitocin.
It may be something worth asking about. It sounds like pitocin is something you need to stay away from for many reasons.
Some providers are. Some are not. I know one doctor who gives his VBAC oral methergine (Cytotec) to induce.
Middle School Literature
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I like to do a semester of short stories at some point. I teach the story telling arc and annotation along with that. I found a really nice collection on TPT a couple years ago: Short Story Unit Plan.
My favorites for lit are Lightning Literature and Memoria Press.