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question about midwives

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 10:26

I'm considering going back to school to become a midwife, but I'd really like to talk to some midwives here about the trials and tribultaions of the job, what it's like to work here and see whether I can go round a maternity unit/shadow a midwife for a day, that sort of thing. Does anyone know anyone who might be willing to speak with me?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 10:28
Babyrat wrote : I'm not sure how big the demand is for midwives is in Dubai as majority of people have insurance and so are seen by the Obs. Did you deliver in Dubai ? I did and I felt so sorry for the midwives complaining of the shortage of staff ( 2 on duty instead of 3 or 4 ) . There is actually a huge demand for staff in maternity in private hospitals and in public like Al Wasl . The salary is ridiculous (9000 dirhs per month in Al Wasl ) for long working hours in private hospitals ( 48 hours per week ). A lot of people dont have insurance and OB dont work full time in maternity wards !
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EW GURU
Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 08:02
Elizabeth Driver is a qualified midwife in Dubai. She was at GMC in Green Community about 2 years ago. I know she did ante natal classes at I think its called Canadian Clinic on Jumeriah Beach Road. I'm not sure how big the demand is for midwives is in Dubai as majority of people have insurance and so are seen by the Obs. Anyway good luck. I think its a fantastic career.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 12:58
Thank you girls! I'll check and see if I can find the programme you're referring to as well hello. kitty as I'd love to watch it. I found reference to another one called Desperate Midwives which was shown on BBC3 but doesn't seem to be online to download anywhere and I can't find anywhere to buy it either! Was shown in 2005 so not much hope for that one. Pentel - I'd train in the UK as it's currently not possible to train here. Yet another reason for me to do my homework properly as I live living here and can't say I'd relish the idea of living in the cold for 3-4 years! there's a real shortage of good midwives in the UK... I think if you're really interested and passionate about both mother and baby getting brilliant care, you'll love it!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 12:50
Thank you girls! I'll check and see if I can find the programme you're referring to as well hello. kitty as I'd love to watch it. I found reference to another one called Desperate Midwives which was shown on BBC3 but doesn't seem to be online to download anywhere and I can't find anywhere to buy it either! Was shown in 2005 so not much hope for that one. Pentel - I'd train in the UK as it's currently not possible to train here. Yet another reason for me to do my homework properly as I live living here and can't say I'd relish the idea of living in the cold for 3-4 years!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 10:59
there is a really good BBC programme on it - I think it's "one born every minute", which is a documentary on the role of midwives (in the UK - bear in mind they are the ones delivering babies there, unlike here) by following their day-to-day "adventures". I saw one a while back where one midwife was talking about how there were obviously lots of lovely success highs, but also how they deal with still-birth. It was very touching, and very, very lovely. There was another one concentrating on teen pregnancies and it was interesting to see how the midwives dealt with stroppy teen mums (very tactfully) and their own emotions on the subject (quite a lot of disappointment at how some of these mums didn't care about their child (smoking and drinking) and didn't want to engage in the process at all (adamant for a c-section, even though it's proven to be riskier for teens and not even contemplating breastfeeding)) I was so lucky to have truly wonderful midwives for my care and deliveries in the UK - I love them to bits... a fantastic profession, but one that is really undervalued.
 
 

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