I am a 3rd year student midwife and came into midwifery straight from school, I had a long-standing interest in caring roles.

What I love: Getting a snapshot into that family’s life, facilitating positive experiences, students sometimes have a little bit more time to spend with families.

Challenges: I had a very different university course compared to other people, with longer hours and difficult placement experiences.

Day in life of a student midwife

0700: Handover 

0715: Introductions to the family 

0715- 1020: Support, pain relief options, monitoring fetal heart, contractions, fluid balance, bladder care, documentation  

1020: Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery (SVD) of a baby girl 

1020-1300: postnatal care- third stage, perineal repair,  breastfeeding support, weight and baby check, vitamin K

1300-1400: lunch break

1400-1500: Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE), shower, pain relief, early discharge 

1500-1630:break relief, helping with jobs, pebble pad

1630:Woman came through triage, SVD of a baby boy 12 mins after arrival. 

1630-2000: postnatal care, handover to night staff