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Transitions: A Midwife's Pregnancy Reflection Journal

By Janet A. Williams, DNP, MSM, CNM, FACNM

Overview


Transitions: A Midwife's Pregnancy Reflection Journal is a comprehensive, interactive guide that supports you from preconception through delivery. Created by Dr. J, a midwife with 23 years of experience and over 900 births attended. This journal combines practical education with reflective prompts to help you understand your body, choices, and care throughout pregnancy. In this journal, you'll reflect on each trimester and focus on self-care. Here, you'll find explanations for common prenatal tests and why they're offered. There is important information about preparing for your prenatal visits. Dr. J has shared affirmations to uplift, empower, and a space to document milestones. The Midwife's Pregnancy Reflection Journal will help you stay connected, informed, and confident throughout your pregnancy journey. Perfect for expectant mothers, partners, and birth support teams. This journal is also a great addition to group prenatal care. It offers continued support and education between visits and encourages meaningful engagement with the pregnancy experience
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Description


Transitions: A Midwife's Pregnancy Reflection Journal is a comprehensive, interactive guide that supports you from preconception through delivery. Created by Dr. J, a midwife with 23 years of experience and over 900 births attended. This journal combines educational insights from a midwife's perspective with reflective prompts to help you understand your body, choices, and care throughout pregnancy. In this journal, you'll reflect on each trimester and focus on self-care. Whether you've just discovered you're pregnant or are already on your way to meeting your baby, this journal offers space to record milestones, explore your feelings, and celebrate each phase of your pregnancy. With accessible, inclusive language and a supportive tone, it's perfect for first-time parents and growing families alike. Rooted in equity, diversity, and community values, this beautifully designed journal blends essential prenatal education with reflective prompts, affirmations, and self-care checklists to help you prepare emotionally, physically, and mentally for birth and parenthood. Here, you'll find explanations for common prenatal tests and why they're offered. There is important information about preparing for your prenatal visits. Dr. J has shared affirmations to uplift, empower and space to document milestones. The Midwife's Pregnancy Reflection Journal will help you stay connected, informed, and confident throughout your pregnancy journey. Transitions Journal makes the perfect gift for yourself or any expectant parent or partner embarking on the life-changing journey to parenthood. This journal is also a great addition to be used by birth support teams and in group prenatal care, for it offers continued support and education between visits and encourages meaningful engagement with the pregnancy.
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About The Author


Dr. Janet A. Williams, MSM, CNM, FACNM, is a board-certified nurse midwife who has attended more than 900 women to help their babies earthside. She received her Doctorate from Wilkes University and a Master's in Midwifery from SUNY Downstate. She has co-managed low and high-risk pregnancies with collaborating OB/GYNs and Maternal-fetal medicine specialists in a municipal hospital setting to bring midwifery care to underserved communities. She held an appointment as a clinical instructor at Columbia for graduate midwifery students and is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She left clinical practice in 2023 not to leave maternal health behind but to help transform systems. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island Area Health Education Center whose mission is to improve health outcomes in underserved areas through the development of education, mentoring, and training programs to increase the pool of skilled providers. She is the national chair of the newly formed Maternal Health Committee of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc., a professional nursing organization with 9,000 registered nurses, and a member of the Kappa Eta Chapter Inc. She is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker who has been featured on national and international platforms. Her motto is "... because babies should go home in their mother's arms."
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Book details

  • Genre:health & fitness
  • Sub-genre:Pregnancy & Childbirth
  • Language:English
  • Pages:172
  • Hardcover ISBN:9798317801205