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I'm a published midwife!

So this week, something really exciting landed on my doormat! The latest issue of the British Journal of Midwifery – featuring an article written by none other than yours truly! Honestly, when I got the email a couple of…

Working as a midwife over the festive period

As you will have seen if you read my last post or saw my youtube video(!), I was working Christmas this year for the very first time. I had kinda braced myself for it this year given that as…

Trying Something New…VIDEO: Working Christmas as a midwife

So, I’ve thought a lot about doing this, and its still something I’m learning about and something that I’m gonna have wobbles about, but I’ve had so many questions recently about my life as a midwife; how many hours…

My First Three Weeks working as a midwife

Well that has absolutely flown by! Three whole weeks working as a midwife! It’s been overwhelming, busy and exciting. At times it’s felt like a huge step up from being a student and I’ve felt completely in over my…

Midwife Mondays: My Degree Classification results are out!

Still can’t quite believe I’ve finished! I’m now sitting here in that awkward limbo between being a student and being a working midwife – waiting for my registration to go through before I can start my new job. As…

Midwife Mondays 154: The end of my training & saying Thank you

I can’t quite believe I’m able to say this, but I’ve finished – I’ve done all my training and I’m now officially a trained midwife – just waiting for my final degree classification and my registration now! I get…

Midwife Mondays 153: Last week on placement

Three years of training and last week was my last ever week as a student midwife! Eek! It was quite a bitty week really. I had three shifts, but as I wasn’t really priority as I’d already got my…

Midwife Mondays 152: Catching my 40th baby!

So for those of you who don’t know, in addition to completing the required practice hours on the course, achieving the necessary skills and passing all your modules, there are certain things you need to have done to meet…