My First Semester Schedule & a Little Reflection

Something that I really wish I were able to find when I was researching which midwifery school to apply to, and mostly make the decision between full-time versus part-time programs, was a first year schedule. Part of the reason I’m writing this blog is to encourage those of you who are contemplating the MEP and hopefully my experiences may inspire you to follow your dream and make the right choice for you. 


For a longtime, I had convinced myself that being a midwife was out of my reality and would never happen. Sometimes I wonder if it were a way of me to protect myself from that longing of being a midwife when it was so far away from my reach. Conversely, I had moments where I knew deep down that someday I would be a midwife. I wish I had freed myself of our society pre-set milestones.  I mean, the ones that tell us that we are too old to do something, like going back to school at age 40. The ones that tell you to have it all at the same time, or you will run out of time. I wish our society were more focused on patience. In the age of drive thru fast foods, texting, tweeting, high-speed Internet and microwave dinners, we are losing a very important virtue. Patience. I remember once sitting down with 10-years worth of calendars in front of me, and planning my motherhood and midwifery career.  I remember dotting in how many more kids I wanted to have, the gap I wanted between them, when I possibly could start the program, how old the children would be then, how old I would be when finished the program… CRAZY!! There was this sense of rush that everything had to be achieved in a time frame. A very short time frame. Where did I get that concept from? Who knows? My upbringing maybe, however I have a very strong feeling its out there in our culture. It was insane of me to think that I could plan life like that. In a calendar! There is nothing wrong with a little planning, but there are so many things that are out of our control. What if I didn’t get pregnant when I wanted, what if I had a child with a disability, or lost a child, what if I got chronically ill, didn’t get in the program… So many things can happen. I still am a planner as you may have noticed from previous posts, but I have learned to accept life as it happens and to adapt to whatever circumstances I found myself in. My point in telling this story is to illustrate how easily we can get trapped in the concept that certain things should happen at certain times in our lives and when they don’t we may convince ourselves that is too late. It is never too late to follow your dream. With that message being said I will go back to the initial intention of this post, which was to share my first semester schedule.

Weekday	Time	Course
Monday	12:30 - 15:30	Working Across Differences
Tuesday	13:30 - 14:30	A & P Lecture
	15:30 - 16:30	A & P Tutorial
	17:30 - 18:30	A & P Tutorial
	19:00 - 21:00	Indigenous Studies
Wednesday	13:00 - 16:00	Midwifery The Profession
Thursday	9:30 - 11:30	A & P Lab
	12:30 - 13:30	A & P Lecture
Friday	9:00 - 12:00	Life Sciences Lecture
	13:00 - 15:00	Life Sciences Lab

In this blog, I will try to share as many details about the program as well as my adventures through it so you can be better educated, prepared and hopefully encouraged to make the right choices for you.