Half way there!!! Yeppeeee

I have to start off with telling everyone I am now officially half way through my Grad Dip in Midwifery!!! Woohoo. I've had my reviews and my second rotation in the birth unit and I'm powering through my competencies at top speed. The last week has seen me do an extra 17 hours in delivery. I've had 5 of my follow through women come through and lucky me they always call me in the middle of the night or on my day off.... My last women even helped me deliver her baby. It was such a nice experience. When the head and shoulders was out I asked her to reach down and help me pull her baby out, she did and we did it together, she cuddled the baby for ages which was so nice. I love the whole experience of my job and cant tell you how much of a joy it is to work with women during such a magical time. I've had trying times too. Like the lady this week who didn't tell me she had a big bleed after birth until 5 minutes before she delivered and guess what??? She not only had the hugest Hemorrhage, she lost almost 3 litres of blood and was rushed to theatre. I've also had what they call a shoulder distocia where the head is born and the shoulders get stuck, that is freaky, I may have even broke out in a sweat but I surprise myself at how calm I am when it comes to difficult situations. Wednesday saw me and the rest of the student Midwives I work with celebrate with a half way there party. With lots of food and of course a big catch up and gossip we had heaps of fun.

I went back up to Old Bar last weekend. Good to get out of the city. We spent the weekend with my nephew who is so cute. He now pokes his tongue out when you take photos of him. A little devil.

I also caught up with Kylie and baby Amelia. She is now 9 weeks old and very cute. She was smiling at me when I was talking....

I'm now on night shift for the next 4 nights. I don't mind the night shift as it is just as busy as in the day, its the sleep the next day that I don't like.

Maybe some people don't expect me to be a good midwife, maybe I come across differently to them as I do a women I am caring for, but there is nothing more rewarding than women wanting me and them after wards being truely thankful. I even get called the baby whisperer because I manage to stop babies crying when no one else can. The secret is to whisper in their ears....It works...try it...

This is the way you left me,
I’m not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it’s forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Wake up in the morning,
stumble on my life
Can’t get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen,
I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven,
but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I’ve ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I’m wastin’
And I’m wastin’ everyday

This is the way you left me,
I’m not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it’s forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Its 4:47am and Ive just got home from work. Part of my role as a student Midwife is to follow 15 women through their pregnancy, labour and birth and post natal period. Its so nice to get to know someone and by the time the baby is born we have developed a lovely relationship. My fourth woman gave birth at 1:26am this morning and I think Im tired. I actually have 18 women because some women come in requesting students to look after them- in some cases its the only familiar face they see for the duration of their pregnancy and birth.

4 down 14 more to go.

Happy Anniversay Mum and Dad

Today my mum and dad would have celebrated 38 years of marriage.

A week in review

My cool son

Joshua has sunnies like daddy now, very cool. He even left them on the whole way to the airport to pick my mum up.

He is my trendy boy.

He also has a keen eye for Style. He now is the very proud owner of 3 pairs of wiggles shoes!!!
















Another week gone by and in contrast a quiet one. Delivering slippery little suckers. I caught a Meka, Matthew, and some other names that I've forgotten already. I get so embarrassed when they want to take photos of me with the baby. But I do it cause I know how special it is for the parents. After all I've just caught their baby!!! Yesterday I had someone almost bite my hand. I politely asked her not to bite me, but was totally freaking out as women can turn into monsters when labouring. Afterwards we had a laugh and I guess I'll be forever known by them as the student midwife who almost lost a finger!!!


I've also learnt how to swear in many different languages. Its amazing to see women walk in as sweet as pie and with a few contractions turn into a Medusa!!! I have a bit of a chuckle at the things they say to their husbands too, some of them yell at him and tell him its all his fault, one lady said in her native tongue- 'don't hold my hand, only I am allowed to hold yours' What the???? Usually the husbands just look at me for reassurance and we smile trying to not let on that we are having a little inside giggle at the poor women in pain. Husbands are always so attentive to their wives, its such a great experience to be part of and I can't tell you how much I love it.


I do have bad days as well, like the other day when a women proceeded...Oh maybe I shouldn't write that story, lets just say I caught more than a baby and placenta that day!! So far no one has requested to take their placenta home or for a lotus birth, not sure what my reaction would be. I'd die if someone wanted to make placenta soup!!! I kind of feel like a butcher sometimes. Oh and a lotus birth is where the women wants the placenta to 'fall off naturally', this can take a few days so they have the baby with the placenta still attached, apparently you put it in a bag with a salt solution in it so it doesn't start to smell like rotten raw meat.....


So last week I decided to take my mum and boys out to dinner at a restaurant. I must now officially remind myself why I do not go to restaurants with 20 month olds. Joshua has an extremely good arm and manages to throw objects with great force across a crowded room with such ease. But I love him. Joel is the kind of kid that has to test out the toilets within about 1 minute of us being seated. Cody just prefers to lie across the table and draw.......Lets just say we ate very quickly but here is some photos of my beautiful men.

My Beautiful Men

OMG I forgot to mention, I got stuck in the lift at work the other day with another Midwife. How Embarrassing, we just cracked up laughing then pressed the little phone button in the lift, I also got on my phone to tell the girls on the ward we were stuck- all of whom came running to the lift and began knocking on the door laughing at us. We then panicked when we realised it still wasn't moving and we may have to resort to climbing up the man hole and going through the roof. After about 10 mins of laughing, wheezing and almost wetting ourselves, it started to move. I was trying to talk to the switchboard operator and all we could do was laugh. Did I mention we were on the top floor and if the lift broke we would have a long fall ahead of us?? .....Anyway if was funny for me......

I almost got killed today driving home from the city with my friend Sally... I had a huge delayed reaction when a car almost side swiped me. I kind of did a girly scream/high pitched sound. I think I scared Sally with my scream more than the car that was just about to kiss her....We waved to the silly little P plater laughing our appendages off in the process.

My mummy is down now and looking after me and the boys. Its so cool, she made me lunch today to take to uni......she is also knitting my friends some scarves which are very funky.

NEWS FLASH .........NEWS FLASH.............NEWS FLASH.................NEWS FLASH......................

I seriously think I have a nostril hair.... I don't know what to do?? Do I pluck it and hope a whole forest doesn't start to sprout over night or do I ignore it and the people that stare at my nose when they talk to me???? Oh the tragedy......

Mini Me

The past week have been pretty full on with lots happening and more shocks, twists and turns than a big brother episode.

Im back in delivery again. No rest for the wicked- thrown straight back in their with just 7 weeks under my belt I'm now doing it by myself. Someone watches me, I just do everything now.

Its even more scarey to know that I am now half way through- the last 6 months have flown by!!!

I also received news that I am an Aunty again. Although it hasn't yet been confirmed its pretty hard to not notice your own flesh and blood when they stare back at you with your eyes!!!! Or in this case my brothers. The sad thing is, she is 6.5 yrs old and we've only just found out. My dad died not knowing he had a grand daughter. All he ever wanted was a grand daughter.

Needless to say it came as an expected surprise, we did have an idea Nathan had another child out their somewhere we just didn't know where or when. To find out she is almost 7 yrs old is a massive shock.

So there you go I'm an Aunty again!!!! Spin out....

One day I hope to post family photos of her in it.