need some advice Retraining as Midwife!! I think

[lisad123]

I have decided to retrain and do my midwife course but am worried about money more than anything. A midwife I spoke to said i would get about £600 a month to train, but wondered if they would take dh money into account or does everyone get it??
Any hints, tips and warnings are welcome

Lisa,
Its non of my business, but I would train as a nurse, then train as a midwife after. Don't potentially leave your self underqualified for other jobs which might take your fancy, for example Family Planning (most of the FP nurses are midwives) School Nusing, (Mon - Fri, school hours, term time)
Safeguarding Children nurses, (where I live) are all ex midwives. There is so many other areas you can move in too, if after a while you want to do other work AS WELL AS midwifery, which you would not be able to do if you are just a midwife.
Sorry, I sound preachy.

Lisa,
Its non of my business, but I would train as a nurse, then train as a midwife after. Don't potentially leave your self underqualified for other jobs which might take your fancy, for example Family Planning (most of the FP nurses are midwives) School Nusing, (Mon - Fri, school hours, term time)
Safeguarding Children nurses, (where I live) are all ex midwives. There is so many other areas you can move in too, if after a while you want to do other work AS WELL AS midwifery, which you would not be able to do if you are just a midwife.
Sorry, I sound preachy.

no its fine. I had considered nursing first but I really dont think i could. Sounds very odd, but dont think i could deal with older people, its soeones nannny/granddad.
I work with children and families already and seen 2 births other than my own

thanks for the advice though. x

How about doing Paediatric Nurse aswell as Midwifery after? If you wanted also the extra nursing experience....

no idea how the funding works...however...I wonder if it would be similar to my course (I am doing my Occupational Therapy degree right now)...the course fees are paid for and then there is a small bursery depending on income...but that might only be something like £500 a year and I think then there are some loans/burserys that depend on income but are monthly...but as I am not eligible for those, I don't know, tbh!

They don't normally let you train as a paediatric nurse then do a conversion to midwifery as the courses are too different. Ther funding for conversion courses is alot different aswell. You will not be entitled to a bursary as you would have already qualified, your PCT will have to fund the training. It is alot easier to go straight into the midwifery training if this is what you want. I was a paeds student nurse and have looked into midwifery but the funding put me off. You can train as an adult nurse then do the midwifery conversion if your PCT will pay for it. You would not get a bursary however, you can still get a wage from the PCT (called secondment).

The bursary for a midwifery course (diploma) is non means tested at the moment, meaning you can get a basic bursary which does not look at your dh's earnings but if you have dependants and need funds for childcare then they will look at his earnings then.

School nurses are mostly paeds nurses. It is really hard to get into though because of the hours.

can you do a midwifery diploma? I thought only nurses can do diplomas nowadays?

Obviously funding for diploma much better....

You should be able to do the Diploma if the Uni/College offers it. The funding is higher for a diploma because you can't get a student loan. They both take 3 years depending on where you study.

I'm a first year midwife. The course is very hard to get onto.£600 a month is a lot! There are no more non means tested bursarys, so your DH's income will be taken into consideration. Have a look here www.nhsstudentgrants.co.uk/

Also look here www.studentmidwives.co.uk

Ahh. They've changed it again!!!

when i looked it up on the uno site said about £5k a year as i wouod be a mature studenet and have kiddies

You have to check how much your dh earns though as it goes down the more he earns. I'm on a radiography degree course (do't ask) and as a single parent with one child I get just over 6k.

i think it depends on the course and how much the goverment puts in. Im sure i will find out on open day

good luck, have you sent off your ucas form yet~?