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Marijn

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  1. Hi there,

    I am a midwife, and I'm learning BSL, so for my 'introduce myself' section, I'm looking for the correct/concise sign. What I can think of myself is 'mother' (two taps with four fingers on the temple, dominant side) 'baby' (cradling a baby) 'nurse' (draw cross on outer aspect of non-dominant arm), but maybe that is just laughable. Is there an 'official' sign for midwife in BSL? I would love to know. 

    Thanks for you help.

    Marijn

     

  2. Hi everyone,

    My name is Marijn, pronounced as in lemon-meringue, hence the nickname. I am learning BSL level 1 through an online provider, hope to find some opportunity to practice. I was diagnosed with hearing loss and wear CIC's (that is if they aren't out for repairs 😩) and as my hearing loss is progressive, I may well need SSE/BSL as a communication tool in the future. I work in health care, and although I can mostly get a BSL interpreter for D/deaf clients, it would be useful to have BSL skills, because one cannot rely on the availability of interpreters 24/7 and for every little thing. Furthermore, I love learning new skills, stops the brain from going mushy, but I'm not an academic learner, so learning BSL suits me very well, really enjoying it so far!

     

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