an exciting day I have coming up soon.

I am going to be spending the day with the drugs and alcohol liason midwife, and I can't wait. Should be a very interesting day

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Midwifemissy x

Student Midwife 2007
Student uni rep
Educational Resources Manager

PAB Support Worker

Wow you get to do much. I was just reading one of your other posts. What placement are you on?

I am on my first placement at the moment which is in the community, I have the rest of this week and Mon - Fri next week left, then back in uni until after Chrsitmas, then we are back on placement again .

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Midwifemissy x

Student Midwife 2007
Student uni rep
Educational Resources Manager

PAB Support Worker

How did you get on with the drugs and alcohol liason Midwife . . . It all sounds so interesting!!

I had a brilliant day, it was so interesting and I learnt a lot from her.

The clients she saw yesterday were all alcohol users, mostly binge drinkers, but stupid as it may sound I was very surprised to see they were just like anyone else, they just had a problem with alcohol.

I saw a lady who the midwife thinks had Intraphetic cholestasis which makes her itch a lot, it was so interesting to learn about it.

It surprised to to learn about all the help and support that is available to the clients if they want to take advantage of it.

It was lovely to hear from the midwife about the struggles and sad times of a couple of the clients she is dealing with, but also great to hear of those who manage to turn their life around too.

As you can tell, I had a brilliant day that went way too quickly

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Midwifemissy x

Student Midwife 2007
Student uni rep
Educational Resources Manager

PAB Support Worker

I always find these kind of experiences so humbling. Women with so many problems are so often prepared to let a student that they have never met before, and possibly never will again, have input into their care. This can be at times like you have just experienced midwifemissy, or in instances of IUD or chromosomal abnormalities. I am always conscious of saying thank you as one day the boot could be on the other foot and having a student present is the last thing you may want.

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STMW 2nd year - no, really!

It was a very humbling experience, and it helped to get rid of a lot of the negative thoughts I had before I met these ladies (due to personal family experience)

I must admit I did expect at least some of the ladies to say they didn't want me present and I was prepared for that. But they were more than happy for me to be there, which meant a lot to me as I know how difficult it must have been for them to involve yet another person. I made sure I thanked them, and also to show a lot of interest in them as a person which I felt was important, I wanted to make them feel that they weren't just another 'experience' during my training, and I hope I managed to get that across to them.

Pauline

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Midwifemissy x

Student Midwife 2007
Student uni rep
Educational Resources Manager

PAB Support Worker