Midwife

SO YOU WANT TO BE A MIDWIFE OR IS IT MADWIFE?! I don't blame you it is a fantastic rewarding job. However it also entails dedication, lack of sleep, shift work, eating on the run, if you do manage to eat at all, mediocre pay, long hours, awkward positions and long periods of standing, constant studying and updating yourself. And with all the bad publicity the profession is receiving why would people want to join this profession. If the government would only support and help us to care for our women and babies! Instead they put hurdles in our way, make it difficult for the newly qualified midwives to get jobs, allowing us to struggle with staff shortages etc ...  Read the complete review

If you are considering midwifery because you love babies then stop reading now. Midwife means 'with woman' and that does sum up the aim of the job, although sometimes you end up snarled in the politics of the NHS, unless you brave it and go independent (I feel I need the security of a regular wage and can't commit to the on call commitment 24 7 so am in the NHS although I would love all women to have this level of care - maybe when my kids are older.) As a midwife you care for women (and their babies) throughout pregnancy, labour and birth till 28 days afterwards. If the pregnancy is straightforward then you can be the sole care provider from start to ...  Read the complete review

Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~ So your thinking about being a midwife are you? Are you sure? Maybe not. Perhaps you just want to know a little bit more about the profession, keep your options open, even rule it out once and for all. Oh, you really really want to be a midwife, I see. ARE YOU MAD? No your not, no more than me, or any other of the mad, ?crazy witches?, as we were once known, up and down the country, doing the job today. However, before you read further, you need to ask yourself a couple of questions. Try to be honest with yourself. 1.Do you love babies, and find the thought of being able to work with ...  Read the complete review