Ok, firstly its so wrong that you don't get a chance to have even a drink. However, I completely know how it is. How about some glucose or energy sweets that you can keep in your pocket?

I am going to get some of them, it is very hard sometimes when the unit is so busy to find a min to get a drink, but when it is like that everyone is in the same position...all hands on deck so to speak.

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i keep glucose tablets in my bag because i find if my sugar levels drop too low i feel very ill and can often feel faint- the last thing you want to be doing when your hand is on a head is fainting LOL!!!!

we are allowed water bottles in the kitchen area- which is part of the midwive's station- and we often have cups of tea or bottle of water in the delivery room- i think it's unfair to prevent staff from eating and drinking- i understand it can be an infection risk, but our women aren't really ill- and we're only human too!!! we are allowed to eat little snacks at the station, but mostly eat in the staff room.

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