Brilliant thanks! sm abigail re members of midwifery organisations, its not essential to be a member of any organisation but have a look at the RCM and ARM sites, these are popular organisations among students and midwives
http://www.radmid.demon.co.uk/ http://www.rcm.org.uk/membership/pages/welcome.php?id=1
Our SMNET toolbar with the research feature automatically trawls the RCM & ARM among many others for info so you may have already come across these pages!