So, we've been thinking a lot lately about ~the future~, and that it doesn't really look like it's going to entail living in Europe beyond probably a year or two -- maybe four at the absolute most
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I think if you love a job long hours can be worth it. And nursing in general is really flexible with hours once you're experienced I think. I don't know heaps about how it all works.
A doula is all about the emotional support of the parent birthing and any support people too. But I think being blunt can be helpful as long as that's what your client needs at the time. I think being blunt as a midwife could be good. I'm really blunt but also empathetic, I'm probably too empathetic to be in a caring position, I would find it draining, but work is too draining for me in general!
I think you could probably do some work experience, maybe even try a birth centre and/or hospital in the UK before you leave? UK pregnancy and delivery is quite different to here (I think they do a better job in the UK than here but we aren't as bad as America). I don't know if you'd be able to actually see any births as a work experience person though. But you could possibly see all the other stuff.
I'm such a birth nerd, I think it's all so interesting how it's so different all the world over. There is a lot of judgement around it as well! There seems to be quite a lot of Natural Vs Medicalised Birth judgement. I obviously want a natural birth but I'm not going to judge someone who wants all the monitoring and drugs they can get! But I also think that a lot of OBs are really intervention-happy when things could just progress on the baby's timeline. That kind of stuff is why I went with midwife led care in a birth centre, not an OB.
A doula is all about the emotional support of the parent birthing and any support people too. But I think being blunt can be helpful as long as that's what your client needs at the time. I think being blunt as a midwife could be good. I'm really blunt but also empathetic, I'm probably too empathetic to be in a caring position, I would find it draining, but work is too draining for me in general!
I think you could probably do some work experience, maybe even try a birth centre and/or hospital in the UK before you leave? UK pregnancy and delivery is quite different to here (I think they do a better job in the UK than here but we aren't as bad as America). I don't know if you'd be able to actually see any births as a work experience person though. But you could possibly see all the other stuff.
I'm such a birth nerd, I think it's all so interesting how it's so different all the world over. There is a lot of judgement around it as well! There seems to be quite a lot of Natural Vs Medicalised Birth judgement. I obviously want a natural birth but I'm not going to judge someone who wants all the monitoring and drugs they can get! But I also think that a lot of OBs are really intervention-happy when things could just progress on the baby's timeline. That kind of stuff is why I went with midwife led care in a birth centre, not an OB.
And I just got way off topic, but it's 3am here.
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