My Story: Life as a midwife

Sarah Stewart

International Day of the Midwife 2009

How long have you been practising? 

Why did you choose midwifery? 

What do you enjoy about your role/dislikes? 

Where is your place of employment, if public have you

worked for private and vice versa and do you have a personal

preference and reasons for this. 

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What advice would you give to a 1st year midwifery student? 

What would be the biggest emotional challenge you have been

faced with? 

• Were you prepared, how did you react? 

Do you find your work to be a physical challenge? 

To what extent do politics influence midwifery and how have you seen them change since you have been

practising? 

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What do you believe the role of a midwife to be? Has this changed

since you started? 

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How does your role vary when caring for mothers from different

cultural backgrounds? 

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Do you have good relationships with obstetricians and other

medical colleagues? 

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How did you become a midwife, what study/practical was involved

for you at that time? 

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What do you love about being a midwife? 

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Is there anything you would like to see changed? 

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