Experiences of student midwife

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My midwife asked if I would be happy to have a student midwife on board for the pregnancy and also at the labour. I said no, but now feel bad. Has anyone agreed to this and had a positive experience?

I think it's a bit of a judgement call as well. I've said no to having a gp appointment recorded which i knew would have helped some doctors' training. I just really didn't want to. If i didn't feel comfortable having my labour with a student i would say a big fat no. But i'm glad i had a student at my first birth and would definitely do it again fwiw

Oh I've said no at the GPs for a smear...because I wasn't happy discussing something sort of unrelated at the same time, it was students plural and a camera (I do wonder how many people said yes to that, lol).

I did offer to do the smear then send them out, but my GP said it was probably easier to just not have them than to have them for part of the time.

I definitely draw the line at videos of my minge!

"I definitely draw the line at videos of my minge! "

Ach my face wouldn't be in frame... It was clean, I wasn't bothered

It was the talking that bothered me, lol

Hahaha you trooper! I suppose my fanjo isn't that easy to identify ..since i more or less married the first man i met at uni

Well it was to be shown to other medical students...I don't know of any that would be able to identify my fanjo, I mean I don't think there's anything particularly remarkable about it anyway? Rofl

Not unless they can Identify you by peircings....

"Hey, I swear I recognise that fanjo from somewhere but I just can't put my finger on it "

mwahaha

I had a student midwife present at both of my births, they were amazing. I'm now a qualified Midwife and wouldn't have been able to have achieved this without parents giving me the chance, we all have to start somewhere

Rofl...no piercings...

I'd not recognise someone's fingerprints either.

I mean, I know there are subtle differences...but with no identifying features or marks, that I know of you'd need a pretty distinctive ladygarden style to be immediately recognisable?

Besides, I've been with DP nearly 20 years and had 2 kids, I'm pretty sure anyone capable of recognising it isn't a medical student, wouldn't remember it and it wouldn't look the same anyway, lol

DH of 8 years couldn't pick mine out of a line-up and this is baby #7 . I like to think of our ladygardens' as Pandora's box LOL.

I agree with whoever said that it is often down to the attitude of senior medical staff.

With my urology consultant - who does not have the best people skills - a young man called me into the room and then sat down in a corner. The urologist introduced himself, ignored the young man, and launched into questions.

The young man turned out to be a junior doctor. He was lovely and came by my bed after surgery. I decided not to say anything at the time because I liked his face and he smiled, and my initial appointment was just taking a history. But the assumption was bloody rude.

By contrast, with my fetal-maternal medicine consultant, I was asked if I was okay with the student (in front of him, which was not ideal but heigh-ho). He sat in the corner but asked occasional intelligent questions, smiled, and treated me like a person. I am a weird case so it was probably useful for him to see. Fine.

If senior medical staff are actually concerned about this, they should make more of an effort to ascertain patient consent and to make students a constructive part of the patient's experience.

I had a student at my 2nd homebirth with ds2.
I didn't know I was getting student till she arrived at my house and by that time she could have been a circus troop and I wouldn't have cared!
She was lovely, she had been shadowing the MW for 2 weeks and had attended 6 home births in that time. Most of her fellow students hadn't even seen 1.
Ds2 was born with his cord round his neck and the student looked after him and gave him oxygen. She was calm and reassuring even though I was trying not to panic. I am forever grateful to her.

multiple 7???!!!??

You're my hero. I want 6. Dh wants 2...

... maybe my fanjo needs a makeover

i had a student midwife when i was induced with dc1, she was actually a student mat the school i used to each at although not in any of my classes! she was brilliant. stayed with me through a fairly uncomfortable induced labour and was generally marvellous especially when i threw up because i was in so much pain! i had discussed and researched it prior to going into labour and all stories were positive; as a lot of people say their knowledge is more up to date, they may not have the raft of experience of some but they aren't working alone, so as i see it its win win!
also worth noting that if you aren't getting on you can ask them to leave at any point. same dc had to go into hospital when he was very tiny and they needed to put a feeding tube in, a student was asked to do this, she looked really unsure and i said no, that i wanted a more experienced nurse to do it, think you know when to make a call.

ithought - When you 7 like that, it makes me think my fanjo is more likely to need a makeover! We agreed to stop at 6 (2 sets of twins made us nervous to try again among other things!] but we made the decision when I was unknowingly PG! Oops...

I had a student midwife at the birth of my son. She was lovely. I was her first vaginal birth and she was so excited. I had a bad reaction to the pethidine and she stayed with me and cooed over by ds. I am so glad she was there.

Nah i bet yous fanjo is stunnin' babes!

ROFL