Comments on: BellyTales.com http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/ The Diary of a New Midwife Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:16:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: The Midwife http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82115 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:30:26 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82115 Ah, yes, that is another small drawback to this job: when I'm on labor and delivery, I'll be delivering whoever is on the floor in labor that day, so I could be taking care of only one or two women, or several, depending on how busy the floor is. This also means that unfortunately, while I may have taken care of a woman for all of her prenatal care, I'm not her private midwife, and there's no gaurantee I'll be the one to catch her baby. Whatever midwife is on the floor when she's giving birth will be the one to catch her baby. It's set up a bit more like the British and Australian models of midwifery care, if I understand those models correctly. Unfortunately, it's not quite the one-on-one care that you really long to give as a midwife. Even so, while working in a hospital has never been my ultimate dream, I do think this is a really good first job for a new midwife, and I will learn a lot and really become comfortable with my skills, which means that eventually, ultimately, I will be able to offer those skills to other women in a private midwifery or homebirth practice (which is, indeed, the ultimate dream, but not for several more years). Ah, yes, that is another small drawback to this job: when I’m on labor and delivery, I’ll be delivering whoever is on the floor in labor that day, so I could be taking care of only one or two women, or several, depending on how busy the floor is. This also means that unfortunately, while I may have taken care of a woman for all of her prenatal care, I’m not her private midwife, and there’s no gaurantee I’ll be the one to catch her baby. Whatever midwife is on the floor when she’s giving birth will be the one to catch her baby. It’s set up a bit more like the British and Australian models of midwifery care, if I understand those models correctly. Unfortunately, it’s not quite the one-on-one care that you really long to give as a midwife. Even so, while working in a hospital has never been my ultimate dream, I do think this is a really good first job for a new midwife, and I will learn a lot and really become comfortable with my skills, which means that eventually, ultimately, I will be able to offer those skills to other women in a private midwifery or homebirth practice (which is, indeed, the ultimate dream, but not for several more years).

]]> by: zussss http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82110 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:22:11 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82110 Welcome back! Good luck on your new job, I hope you'll start soon. How many women will you be taking care of simultaneously? Welcome back!
Good luck on your new job, I hope you’ll start soon.
How many women will you be taking care of simultaneously?

]]> by: k http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82094 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:12:25 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82094 She lives. Ahhhhhh the addiction will be satiated again soon.... oh sorry, did that sound selfish? You are a midwife. End of conversation.... LUCKY! She lives.

Ahhhhhh the addiction will be satiated again soon….
oh sorry, did that sound selfish?
You are a midwife.
End of conversation….
LUCKY!

]]> by: The Midwife http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82085 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.bellytales.com/2007/09/27/bellytalescom/#comment-82085 Hmmm....I just changed my profile name from The Student to The Midwife, but that still feels very strange and premature to me at this point. I don't quite feel like a midwife yet, even though officially I am, on paper. Right now, it still feels a bit like I'm a fraud. I'm not confident enough yet to say "I'm a midwife" and look someone unflinchingly in the eye while saying it. So, I apologize if my new profile name sounds a little pompous. Maybe I should just stick to The Student for the rest of my life, since I'm always going to be learning, forever? That certainly sounds a lot more humble, and much less like I'm an expert on anything, because I assure you, at this point in my career, I'm not. Eeek. Hmmm….I just changed my profile name from The Student to The Midwife, but that still feels very strange and premature to me at this point. I don’t quite feel like a midwife yet, even though officially I am, on paper. Right now, it still feels a bit like I’m a fraud. I’m not confident enough yet to say “I’m a midwife” and look someone unflinchingly in the eye while saying it. So, I apologize if my new profile name sounds a little pompous. Maybe I should just stick to The Student for the rest of my life, since I’m always going to be learning, forever? That certainly sounds a lot more humble, and much less like I’m an expert on anything, because I assure you, at this point in my career, I’m not. Eeek.

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