Hormones or something I should act on?

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I’ve got a beautiful 10 month old baby who I’m still EBF. I struggled for 5 months with him for a number of reasons but since then I just feel such deep love for him and have developed quite a passion for breastfeeding. I just love it.

my return to work is on the horizon and I am dreading it. I work in a corporate role, earn very good money and have great prospects. I’m not passionate about it but find it interesting. Since 5 months pp I have had this ‘craving’ to be a midwife. I did used to work in a hospital setting pre university and decided shift work wasn’t for me but I was of course very young (over 10 years ago). I’m not sure if it’s me being in baby mode, still BF, hormones probably all over the place that’s making me want to do midwifery so much or if I should just stick to what I do ( trained for 4 years post uni ..) and would love to hear others perspectives on this!

Should add I loved the hospital role I did previously just long days etc weren’t for me (at the time?)

It's a lot to think about!

-Are you able to go back to University for 3 years full time and afford the odd £9k a year for the course with no additional income? (Everyone gets a £5 k grant for maintenance per year while on the course).

-Half the course time is on placements- depending on where you are based in the UK, then your catchment area may be very wide, and even though you have a young child, you're not guaranteed the closest place to you as most people on nursing and midwifery courses are mature women with children so you wouldn't be deemed "exceptional" to be offered a closer placement.

-do you have access to childcare or can you afford to pay for full time childcare for the 3 years of university?

-newly qualified midwives earn roughly £28.5 k (pre tax). Is this a drop in your earning and is that acceptable?