Possible student searching for midwives to share their experiences

[Mildez]

I'm a midwife. I can give you a call if you like or answers any questions you may have over Bellybelly. Tried to PM you but I think you may need X amount if posts prior to been able to receive personal messages.

[kipling]

Thanks Mildez! I am trying to get my PM working (still new to this) in the meantime... do you work in a hospital, or are you an independent midwife? Love to know about what different areas of mid you can work in, do they all involve birth suite or can you do mostly post or prenatal, or even take your midwifery training in a different direction to specialise in a specific area? What do you find the biggest challenge working as a midwife? What do you love? What type of people tend to be midwives, and are good at it? What are your work environments/ hours like (do family friendly day jobs exist in this field)??? What about the high stress/ emergency situations? Do you come across them much, and how do you deal with them? Too many questions...... I so appreciate any time you can spare