Morning ladies!

How are you all?

Well I thought I would come and post about my first week of Bachelor of Midwifery!

The week in total was quite good actually. There were a few timetable issues but apparently that is all resolved now. There are a couple of classes I am not enrolled in because of the timetable issues but I am just going to rock up to the ones that suit me the best.

I was a bit disappointed to find out that Prac's don't start until next semester in September. But I guess that gives me plenty of time to organise vaccinations, blue cards, uniforms etc.

In the nursing subject this week we learnt about hand washing. It was very interesting. You would be suprised at how much "cr@p" you have on your hands. We washed our hands as well as we thought we could then the teacher gave us this white stuff to rub all over our hand. We then had to re-wash our hands, again as best as we could. He then took us into a room where we put our hands under a black light. OMG!!! Mine weren't too bad however around the sides of my nails and up around my wrists where rements on the white stuff we'd rubbed on our hand. Some peoples were shocking!!! But the point of the task was "no matter how clean you think you've washed you hands, wash them even more!!!". Very interesting!

I have made some friends (Hi Kahlea!) and feel very comfortable on campus. The campus is quite small (compared to JCU in Townsville) which I think makes a huge difference. The teaching staff all seem to be pretty cruisy and laid back (minus a couple ).

The assesment side of things is quite different though. In the science subject we have to do Concept Maps, which I personally have never done. They seem pretty easy to look at but I think for someone who hasn't done them before they might be a bit daunting. As I expected, their are already assignment which are due in April. Being the start of the semester, I am trying to keep on top of things and have already made a start on one of the assignments.


MO4 - Hi there! Glad you found us! Good on you for deciding to do Nursing!

As I mentioned above, Yeh I am doing pretty good. At the moment I don't think I need all the practical stuff. I guess I'll probably start buying things towards the end of this semester. Thanks for asking though hun.

As for the uniforms, I have no idea!! I haven't see them. I did see one lady on campus yesterday in uniform but I am not sure if it was her work uniform or the prac uniform. Either way, it was quite nice. Plain white blouse with emblem on left hand side with black (maybe dark navy) skirt. I will let you know for sure when I know for sure!


This week I started to "advertise" my Doula services in the Brisbane area and was very suprised that I already have had 4 women contact me!! One woman wanted me to be her Midwife! I was only going to take on 2 women here and there but if I can I will try and take on 1-2 a month. I just have to remember not to get in to far over my head.

I will try and update each week or whenever I can. Hopefully my posts will be able to prepare those of you intending on starting next year!

I hope you are all well.

Take Care!