1st week on placement

Last week I completed my 1st week on placement. For my 1st placement I am located on community. My mentor is lovely, and on my 1st day she allowed me to more than I expected. We had to run antenatal clinic all day at a GP's surgery. She allowed me to do all of the urinalysis tests for each women, I did quite a few manual blood pressure's, she let me listen to the fetal heart using the sonic aid and she let me palpate several women and I got the babies positioning right. I measured a ladies weight and took her height. My mentor showed me how to use the computer programmes, showed me the labeling for blood plots and the packaging they get sent off in for screening. I also witnessed a membrane sweep. On my 2nd day we were doing booking histories and there wasn't as much for me to do (practically I guess) it was a lot more observing and assisting with paperwork, it was good to familiarise myself with the different care pathways for the different categories of women. My 1st day of home visits was Friday and I witnessed my 1st heel prick test, saw a woman who had, had a forceps delivery, with a 3rd degree tear and high blood loss. I am loving placement and it makes me exciting for the coming months. Even after such a short time on placement I feel like I have learned so much and have got to experience lots already. I will update again soon xo

1st post!

Basically I'm making this little post to introduce 1215 bumps&babies to anyone who may stumble upon this blog. 

Firstly I'll tell you a little bit about myself.  I'm currently an 18 year old, 1st year student midwife, who started my training in September. Prior to starting the midwifery programme I studied A-levels. 

Anyway I've decided to start this blog, to share my experiences throughout the programme with others. These may be theory or placement based. I will also share anything I find useful as a student and will try to include a variety of posts. How often I update this blog will just depend on what time I have free, as you may or may not know, the midwifery programme alone is very busy without everything else that life throws our way. 

Hope you enjoy xo