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Reflections of a Midwife Part Five
It’s 2004 and as a family we decided to move to Antigua …… so I left Burton and went back to Heartlands to update my clinical labour ward...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Six
Being as I couldn’t make a real difference in the Government Hospital in Antigua and because there were so many babies dying...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Seven
One birth that has to be mentioned was my MSW’s daughter. I had declined to care for her as her mom, my assistant could not be...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Eight
It’s 2009 and economically things are not good in Antigua, but I have seen my next “Dream Job” advertised at the Perinatal Institute back...


Reflections of Midwife Part Nine
Now 2010 and the project had finished, but I needed to stay in England for another six months, so I applied for a job on Community at...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Ten
Sometimes you are just not in the right place for yourself, and as much as you try ….. you are a square peg in a round hole and that is...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Eleven
Now I move to Good Hope as a Community Midwife. The job was advertised as Heartlands, but I was offered Four Oaks, which I had never...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Twelve
It’s now January 2023 and I’m happy with my decision to leave the NHS and concentrate on my classes…….however I now feel I have lost my...


Reflections of a Midwife Part Thirteen
It’s October 2024 and my Legacy Midwife Contract completed at the end of March this year. It was shall we say an “interesting” role and...
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