Kiwimid

Kiwimid

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About Kiwimid

Mum to four neat kids and one game addict partner

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  1. "Caught" my first baby!!

    hey i never ment to rain on anyones parade. to be honest there is a part of me that misses getting that excited. its hard to find people who understand as there are few forums for student midwives which is why i love to read the threads here. they se...
  2. "Caught" my first baby!!

    Iv's sterile feilds, preps, calling for the doc at a nvd. hee hee i am sorry but we midwives do 70% probably more of the delieveries by ourselves with a back up midwife. AND I WASN"T TRAINED AS A NURSE!!! I respect what you guys do and a first catch ...
  3. "Caught" my first baby!!

    Please excuse my ignorance, but I am a second year Midwifery student and i have had eleven catches. catching is the easy part, it is the care either side of the catch that is the difficult part!!. Last week I had a g4 p3 who had been fit and well unt...
  4. I just saw the most amazing delivery

    my most interesting birth so far was a fotling breech at 36 weeks, was off to ot for a lscs when she started pushing.....
  5. Birth in the Media

    gee that sounds like a great woman to care for. these programmes are so unrealistic and i think the guys who make these shows have alot to answer for. they paint an almost unobtainable picture to the general public who take anything on tv as gosple a...
  6. Fetal death after maternal death

    wow!!! thats amazing!!! jess....
  7. THIS is what a computer is SUPPOSED to do!

    ok im am bookmarking that one ......thank you
  8. OB clinicals...Am I gonna vomit?????

    i am in my second year of a midwifery degree, and i have done about 8 ve's as we call then over here. i was scared with my first, then they became really interesting. you either like them or not, one tutor said it was like putting your fingers in tri...
  9. Unassisted birth on GMA this morning!?

    i am training to be a midwife in New Zealand and our model of practice is quite different to what you guys have, in fact it is unique to New Zealand. It is based around a treaty that was singed with the Maori people about 160 years ago. We aim to wor...
  10. Recent birth - unanswered questions

    i agree with the others on this one.....the more ves the greater the chance of infection . i had one of my women get to a certain point and then just stop. i just want to know as a student why not do something else rather than a c section....i mean 9...
  11. Husband with Kidney Cancer

    Oh Mama........ how terrifying for you.....my best wishes to you from this side of the world.....if there is anything we can do let us know.....not that im in your hemisphere or anything.......lol......but my prayers and thoughts are with you and you...
  12. Let's talk about death

    my heart goes out to you....he looks sooo much like my son who is nearly the same age now....who has had health problems but not as bad as your wee guy. our children enspire us to be more than we could imagine. they birth in us dreams we never knew w...
  13. we need to educate women about their bodies more. the pelvic floor gets stretched carrying around a pregnant uterus anyway. sheesh are people stupid enough to really believe that a c section is any less painful than a vaginal delievery????:angryfire:...
  14. if the craving gets too much, try changing brands, one with a different scent. it is fairly common,but i would not drink it. your a sensible person and know that im sure. good luck with the rest of your journey
  15. Bizzare

    i had my brother and his significant male other in the room when i had my first. the nurse looked at my brother and asked if he was the dad. nup he said, the other just said i dont do thst .....was funny at the time.....oh and a bit off the subject, ...