An Introduction...
Well I guess I should probably introduce myself and the reason why I have started this blog.
I am Megan Cooper, or formerly, Megan Castell. Mitchell and I finally decided to tie the knot in February, so thankfully I dropped the dreaded curse of being a Castell... it really wasn't that bad but I am so happy to be a Cooper and finally Mitchs wife after all these years.
A few years ago, I created a blog in an attempt to attract people to my business but as it happened, I became so busy that I never had the opportunity to update or add to it. Its been sitting dormant up until now and it was only the other day that I logged into it and realised that all my priorities and interests had changed since the day that I first created it. So now I have abandoned it for good and in many ways, my business as well, to focus my all to my true passion... Midwifery and everything it encompasses, in its true sense.
I 'fell' into Midwifery and I continue to fall into it. But having said that, I have been nothing but uplifted by the growth and the learning that I have done since I started one of the many uni degrees I have in 2006. Initially I was trudging my way through a double degree in Law and Forensics and although I enjoyed the challenge and the workload, I couldn't see myself staying in for the long haul. The turn of events that moving to Newcastle, NSW brought would really change my perspective and fuel my fire to make me the person that I am today.
Not long after I began the Law degree, I met Mitch and not long after that I fell pregnant with Kade and became victim to the medicalised, mundane and what I now know as the mortifying hands of midwifery 'in the system'. Naive to options or to the true nature of birth, I booked myself into a hospital to experience the full menu of intervention and to live with the constant echo of 'Shut up! Its not that bad!' ringing in my ears until this day (the words the midwife used as I made my way through the door of the delivery suite). The extenuating circumstances surrounding this, I wont even go into because those few words are enough to explain the entire antenatal, birth and postnatal periods for not only me, but my entire family. I remember thinking to myself 'If this is the way birth is, then its not all its cracked up to be...'
Still to this day, I say that the only beautiful thing that came out of the experience was Kade. He is the most amazing and awe-inspiring kid and Im so thankful to call him mine.
Being the person that I am, I knew deep down that there had to be something more out there. I felt completely robbed of any control or empowerment during the whole experience and despite believing in something more, didn't know where to find it. In 2005, Mitch was posted to Adelaide with his job, and after much deliberation about what I was going to do, I withdrawaled from my Law degree and became a stay at home Mum whilst running a small business. I loved being at home but I also wanted to gain a sense of accomplishment. To that point, I had begun 3 uni degrees and had withdrawn from 3. It sounds rather terrible putting it that way, but I never felt secure or comfortable in what I was doing, I couldn't find the purpose for continuing or extending myself in that environment and knew that staying in it was going to result in my feeling failure despite how far I could have potentially gone in anyone of the roles. I know a lot of people a driven by money and power in this day and age, but to me my happiness and a true feeling of 'making a difference, no matter how small was what I strived for.
I remember the day I grabbed the SATAC guide with the intention of applying for nursing... I did end up applying for nursing but it it wasn't at the top of my list, I felt a compulsion, I guess, to apply for Mid... which up until that point, I had no idea existed as a course. It was only shortly after this that I realised where I wanted to be in being at the birth of my niece, Tyrah.
I guess life had finally worked out its plan for me, or rather I had finally worked it out... I wanted to be a midwife.I didn't know where it would take me or the reasons behind the obsession but like nothing else in my life to that point (as far as what I wanted to do or be), things went right and I began Bachelor of Midwifery in 2006 and learnt, what birth truly is.
Now that I know birth, I want to share it with others... my reason for naming this blog Bringing Back Birth...
Hopefully I will empower and help ignite a flame in others to bring birth back to what it really is... beautiful, normal and simple.
I am Megan Cooper, or formerly, Megan Castell. Mitchell and I finally decided to tie the knot in February, so thankfully I dropped the dreaded curse of being a Castell... it really wasn't that bad but I am so happy to be a Cooper and finally Mitchs wife after all these years.
A few years ago, I created a blog in an attempt to attract people to my business but as it happened, I became so busy that I never had the opportunity to update or add to it. Its been sitting dormant up until now and it was only the other day that I logged into it and realised that all my priorities and interests had changed since the day that I first created it. So now I have abandoned it for good and in many ways, my business as well, to focus my all to my true passion... Midwifery and everything it encompasses, in its true sense.
I 'fell' into Midwifery and I continue to fall into it. But having said that, I have been nothing but uplifted by the growth and the learning that I have done since I started one of the many uni degrees I have in 2006. Initially I was trudging my way through a double degree in Law and Forensics and although I enjoyed the challenge and the workload, I couldn't see myself staying in for the long haul. The turn of events that moving to Newcastle, NSW brought would really change my perspective and fuel my fire to make me the person that I am today.
Not long after I began the Law degree, I met Mitch and not long after that I fell pregnant with Kade and became victim to the medicalised, mundane and what I now know as the mortifying hands of midwifery 'in the system'. Naive to options or to the true nature of birth, I booked myself into a hospital to experience the full menu of intervention and to live with the constant echo of 'Shut up! Its not that bad!' ringing in my ears until this day (the words the midwife used as I made my way through the door of the delivery suite). The extenuating circumstances surrounding this, I wont even go into because those few words are enough to explain the entire antenatal, birth and postnatal periods for not only me, but my entire family. I remember thinking to myself 'If this is the way birth is, then its not all its cracked up to be...'
Still to this day, I say that the only beautiful thing that came out of the experience was Kade. He is the most amazing and awe-inspiring kid and Im so thankful to call him mine.
Being the person that I am, I knew deep down that there had to be something more out there. I felt completely robbed of any control or empowerment during the whole experience and despite believing in something more, didn't know where to find it. In 2005, Mitch was posted to Adelaide with his job, and after much deliberation about what I was going to do, I withdrawaled from my Law degree and became a stay at home Mum whilst running a small business. I loved being at home but I also wanted to gain a sense of accomplishment. To that point, I had begun 3 uni degrees and had withdrawn from 3. It sounds rather terrible putting it that way, but I never felt secure or comfortable in what I was doing, I couldn't find the purpose for continuing or extending myself in that environment and knew that staying in it was going to result in my feeling failure despite how far I could have potentially gone in anyone of the roles. I know a lot of people a driven by money and power in this day and age, but to me my happiness and a true feeling of 'making a difference, no matter how small was what I strived for.
I remember the day I grabbed the SATAC guide with the intention of applying for nursing... I did end up applying for nursing but it it wasn't at the top of my list, I felt a compulsion, I guess, to apply for Mid... which up until that point, I had no idea existed as a course. It was only shortly after this that I realised where I wanted to be in being at the birth of my niece, Tyrah.
I guess life had finally worked out its plan for me, or rather I had finally worked it out... I wanted to be a midwife.I didn't know where it would take me or the reasons behind the obsession but like nothing else in my life to that point (as far as what I wanted to do or be), things went right and I began Bachelor of Midwifery in 2006 and learnt, what birth truly is.
Now that I know birth, I want to share it with others... my reason for naming this blog Bringing Back Birth...
Hopefully I will empower and help ignite a flame in others to bring birth back to what it really is... beautiful, normal and simple.
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