I am a student midwife or should I say on hold lol, basically the student midwife is there for extra support so you have someone familiar in the birth suite with you (besides your family). Depending on the students year depends on what they do during the birth, generally obs are taken by the SM and anything to help you feel comfortable like ice or water etc. the more experience gain the more that the SM does, some help deliver the baby aswell, but this also is up to the lady giving birth . If you feel like you need some privacy and your not getting it just ask if she minds giving you some privacy for a while, your SM wont mind . I hope that helps .
i had a student midwife for both my pregnancies. i didn't invite the student to DDs birth, but did for DS' birth. She helped get DH to start filling the birthpool. Let me know what she thought was happening. i didn't need any obs so she wasn't involved in physical stuff, but she did help me get out of my pants. She also held baby for us when i was not strong enough, and DH had to get some sleep. We still keep in touch now.
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