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Hello! I am a future midwife and have a few questions about mommy loads...

Do you work in a clinic or hospital setting? What is your patient load and how did you set it?

How do you prepare for vacation?

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

any midwives care to weigh in here?

Input from WHNP may be helpful too!

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I work in a 7 doctor practice with one other midwife.

I am in the office 3 days a week and see midwife and Dr. patients.

I make rounds at the hospital on all PP moms and discharge those who are ready 3 mornings a week.

My partner and I take call usually every week; sometimes every 2 weeks depending. Our midwifery service is small now (but boy look out in Aug and Sept!!)

So we have kind of a "normal" life when not on call; and the potential to not get much sleep when we are (but it is worth it).

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Thank you so much for answering! That gives me some idea.

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how's the job market for a CNM??? I am currently loving my OB rotation and thought that being a midwife might be a perfect career but when searched online, I didn't find many postings for jobs. How do CNM's find their jobs?

Gail

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how's the job market for a CNM??? I am currently loving my OB rotation and thought that being a midwife might be a perfect career but when searched online, I didn't find many postings for jobs. How do CNM's find their jobs?

Gail

Have you checked midwifejobs.com?

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