Meet an ALACE teacher.Isolda McClelland is an accomplished young woman with a growing family and a very big dream. She holds a degree in Animal Science, and she is now a full-time Nursing student. At 22, she and her husband Michael are expecting their fourth child soon. Their other children, Asia, Jefferson, and Alyxandrya, are 5, 3, and 2 years old. Isolda serves as a representative of Asia's school at the national level. I first met Isolda (and her beautiful baby Alyxandrya) at an Empowering Women in the Childbearing child·bear·ing n. Pregnancy and parturition. child  bear ing adj. Year workshop in Massachusetts. She
had traveled all the way from Baltimore! I was struck by her command of
childbirth childbirth: see birth. Childbirth Childlessness (See BARRENNESS.) Artemis (Rom. Diana) goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth. education issues, her knowledge about how to be most helpful to very challenged clientele, and her warmth and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . Isolda teaches childbirth preparation classes for teens and adults at Baltimore Medical System in the Healthy Start Division. She says they are "two very different classes. The adult class is 6 weeks long, and the teen class is ongoing with a series of 14 weeks, but the mom is allowed to come anytime throughout her pregnancy, from conception to delivery, and she may even come postpartum postpartum /post·par·tum/ (post-pahr´tum) occurring after childbirth, with reference to the mother. post·par·tum adj. Of or occurring in the period shortly after childbirth. for a few weeks to a parent support group." Healthy Start serves "a multicultural community made up of mostly poor uneducated families, and there are a lot of drugs in the area. It's a challenging job, but also very rewarding." Isolda also teaches breastfeeding, both privately and in classes. In addition, she attends births as a labor support person. The first time she attended a birth, she was 14 years old! After Isolda completes her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, she plans to get a Master's Degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in Public Health and "open my own community center for young pregnant and parenting mothers and fathers." How does she do all this? "Don't ask me Don't Ask Me may refer to:
"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. myself." Isolda is a model of community service and loving motherhood. She is making the world a better place for young families. Thank you, Isolda, and best wishes! |
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