Monday, May 3, 2010

Life in the fast lane!!

My midwife partner has been gone the last week and I have done 12 births. This is a lot (2/day). This is the number of births I was doing prior to her coming to be my partner. I find that it is difficult to separate myself from my work when there is that much going on at work. It is difficult to enjoy relaxing at home because I'm so darned tired that all I want to do is sleep. I know that I do get into my work and I focus on my work and I have a hard time switching hats back to that wife, home person who wants to do things with my life mate. When my midwifery life is crazy, I just want to sleep/rest/read/doze when I'm home because I know that pretty quick I'm going to get called to go be with someone for a birth. My personal life suffers. I don't like the push/pull tug-of-war that happens when my midwifery life over powers my personal life. Not sure what to do about this, but I'm pretty sure something needs to be done. Time will tell.