Good work Jessica, although, never forget this.
Women LOVE student midwives. Dont EVER apologise for lack of knowledge or
experience to them. You are able to give them what more 'senior' midwives
are often not. Lots more time, lots of fresh enthusiasm, unfeigned
interest in their personal cases, and a listening ear. I always thought the
student midwives ( wait- am I supposed to say 'beginning midwives - is that more
politically correct? :- ) ) were a gift in my working day-
because they could give women what a midwife with a broader range of daily
responsibilities often could not. I'm sure you'll be a great support to
them.
As an aside - I bumped into an old colleague the
other day ( used to be an old 'student' woops, beginner!) and she had just seen
my post on the Chris Bohalijan book 'Midwives'. She agreed with my initial
thought that it was indeed fiction. If I remember correctly, there is some
suggestion that this is a true story, but I felt at the time that this was all
in the spirit of the storytelling atmosphere. I may be wrong, can anyone clarify
for sure?
cheers,
Robin
- Original Message -
From:
J
Stewart
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:16
PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] follow
throughs!
Hi list!
just thought id let everyone know that despite
the restraints placed on us as students with our follow throughs
[grumble grumble!!] I have now found myself 4 women happy to have me as their
student midwife - horray!!
Congrats also on the breast feeding
record!
I also found the book reccomendations for
midwives in fiction excellent, i now have a very healthy xmas pressie
list!!
take care
jessica.
