midwifery Archives

Chapter 14. Team work , respect and kindness

I’m usually calm and professional at work (on the outside anyway) only losing my composure once, with a bully type colleague.

The older you get, it’s easier to take these people on, call out the behaviour, never comfortable but important to find your voice when someone is taking the piss.

Empathic , tolerant , stoic personalities are targets for abuse in the healthcare setting. Self awareness and personal boundaries are essential.

Chapter 10. Hands Off The Baby

My casual midwifery job began on the postnatal/antenatal ward of a tertiary hospital.

“Ah you’re a midwife , must be lovely cuddling babies all day!”

That old chestnut.

To set the record straight, newborn babies should always be with the women who birth them, in their arms, on their skin, not in the arms of midwives.