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On your sixth wedding anniversary you're meant to give your spouse a present related to iron. Today is my sixth wedding anniversary. Two...
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One year in... 'P' plates are off
In the middle of a night shift a couple of weeks ago a doctor asked me a question that seemed far beyond my reach. I grabbed my badge,...
Unfeelingly fine
I had a reminder tonight, a thinly veiled nudge if you will, that as a student midwife I would constantly tell people that I was fine. I...
Welcome home
This week I've received an email from work reminding me that I am nearing the end of my first year as an NQM. Ten months in and I'm still...
Team Awesome is on the up
This week between Christmas and New Year usually makes me maudlin, which is a vast understatement as this week usually sees me closing...
C is for confidence
My current rotation as a newly-qualified midwife is leaving me feeling as though I'm trying to practise midwifery inside a glass box with...
#consent
Over the past week or so I have seen the media come alive to denounce the defence lawyer who used the design of a woman's knickers in a...
At 4am...
At 4am I am a closet philosopher. At 4am I am going to change the world. At 4am I have given up the last shred of hope that more sleep...
Today
Today I have stood shoulder to shoulder with a midwife friend and cared for a woman from my caseload Today I have laughed and cried in...
The positive pants need to go back on
I don't imagine anyone sets out to become a midwife with intentions other than beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, equity. Whatever...
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