Midwife Mondays is a series of over 150 posts, written weekly over my three years training as a midwife, documenting the highs, lows, assessments and catches of my time as a Student Midwife.
Another busy week in the world of this student midwife. Honestly, I’m feeling completely shattered and could really do with a bit of a break. That said, I’m enjoying the last bit on placement before it all goes down…
So, this post is actually going out only one day after it is meant to which has become a bit of a novelty in recent months – what can I say, this course is really busy and third year…
So, week 129, I was back on the Antenatal ward, the first of 4 weeks, and it’s been so good to be back! I said before, but I really enjoyed my last placement on the Antenatal ward and this…
Week 128 in this crazy course was a bit more of a gentle one. It consisted of a bit of time for dissertation work, and then I completely turned my brain off and headed out to the mountains for…
When I first started this course, I heard a whisper that the uni sends you to a farm to help out on a days lambing when you get to Third Year, and then I didn’t hear any more about…
So, I’ve got some really exciting news to share with you all – and I’m still in a bit of shock so if this post makes no sense at all, I do apologise! As some of you may have…
So week 126 was another week of self led study for the dreaded dissertation. I say “dreaded” but I’m actually starting to enjoy having an aspect of midwifery that I can really dive headfirst into and feel like I…
Week 125 was another week of self-managed learning for our dissertation, with one day in uni. I’ve been trying to use the time properly but wanted to make sure I had done all my research before I started putting…
So this week was the first of our self-managed learning time for our dissertation. We have a day or two in uni a week and then the rest of the time is self-led to get our dissertation work going.…
Week 123 was my last ever week on the high-risk delivery unit before I’m a qualified midwife! How scary is that! The next time I work on a high-risk delivery unit will be after October, when I’ve got my…
