TTC no 1 & planning to train as a midwife...am I mad?

[Seasidedolly]

Hi all
Myself & DH are TTC our first child, we had a MC a few weeks ago at 7 weeks. However, I'm already planning to train as a midwife once we do have a child.

I have a degree but its not in Midwifery so I'd need to go back to Uni (luckily I live very close to a uni that does a midwifery degree, so travels not a problem), I'll also need to do a Science A Level.

Now my vague plan was to study either part time or online for the science A level once we've had a child, then when said future child is a bit older (nursery school age) to hopefully enrol onto the midwifery course.

Has anyone done anything similar and have any advice?

I'm not in any great rush but I don't think its wise to begin a change in career/ retrain now, only to have to put it all on hold once we do have a child.

Many thanks
D :)

I trained as a nurse as a single parent with two dcs, one in nursery and the other in school. It was more of a challenge but I managed it, you learn very quickly to juggle but you do need to be committed. I also trained with a few girls who fell pregnant during the course, they took some time out once baby was due and then re-joined the cohort six months behind us with no problems.

This is all considering you have good childcare in place most unis in my area have one attached. Its a bit trickier when you are out on placements as shifts can be early \ lates etc, although I found that if I explained my circumstances to placements they were more than happy to accommodate me working at weekends etc to make things a bit easier. I actually found I was more reliable than a lot of my fellow students who didn't have kids. I needed to qualify and provide!

Finding a job was the really hard part took me well over a year. I know a good few nurses and midwives who are employed out with the profession in unrelated jobs,its a shame after all the investment and effort.

Few things to bear in mind but I loved the experience!

Many thanks for your reply Loopylou05 really helpful and a good few points to consider!