Re: [ozmidwifery] follow throughs!

[Robin Moon]

Good work Jessica, although, never forget this. Women LOVE student midwives. Dont EVER apologise for lack of knowledge or experience to them. You are able to give them what more 'senior'  midwives are often not. Lots more time, lots of  fresh enthusiasm, unfeigned interest in their personal cases, and a listening ear. I always thought the student midwives ( wait- am I supposed to say 'beginning midwives - is that more politically correct? :- )   )  were a gift in my working day- because they could give women what a midwife with a broader range of daily responsibilities  often could not. I'm sure you'll be a great support to them.     As an aside - I bumped into an old colleague the other day ( used to be an old 'student' woops, beginner!) and she had just seen my post on the Chris Bohalijan book 'Midwives'.  She agreed with my initial thought that it was indeed fiction. If I remember correctly, there is some suggestion that this is a true story, but I felt at the time that this was all in the spirit of the storytelling atmosphere. I may be wrong, can anyone clarify for sure?   cheers, Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: J Stewart To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] follow throughs! Hi list!   just thought id let everyone know that despite the restraints placed on us as students with our follow throughs [grumble grumble!!] I have now found myself 4 women happy to have me as their student midwife - horray!!   Congrats also on the breast feeding record!   I also found the book reccomendations for midwives in fiction excellent, i now have a very healthy xmas pressie list!!   take care jessica.