Today was a nightmare of a day, not because it was difficult but because the information we were given was so important. So all day the mouse in my head is running on its wheel at full pace just to keep up. I won't bore you with my timetable but it was a long day. I was rewarded with a large amount of books at the end of the day though.
Whenever I go to the post room it feels like Christmas because you never know what you’re going to get. Everyone is dead jealous because I get three packages from home and they get one letter! Ha! Now you may think this is childish, but for me it's very nice to have little things come through the post from home.
Anyway this is supposed to be about midwifery and so far there has been very little so here's what happened today while in lectures. First off we had a chat with the exam board who told us AGAIN about the two strikes and you’re out technique, which is still scary as hell to me as I have no idea whether I can write a good essay in order to get the bare minimum to pass. Some people in the group were happy to admit they were going for firsts (which I still don't understand what that is.) Me, I’m just happy if I pass let alone become the overachiever. Then talks on our first assignment's a poster presentation on health promotion during the antenatal period and a written assignment on the booking in interview of 2000 words, which isn't a lot but I still have no idea what to put in it. I talked to the rest of the group and we are all the same panicking about not being able to pass and being kicked out before it's even started.
The group was then given another tutorial about placement assessments. By this point the mouse was running out of steam and was nearly at full capacity, which is bad because I needed to know all these things, unfortunately I couldn't help but zone out a couple of times but I did manage to catch that all together over the three years I needed to carry out:
- 100 Antenatal Examinations
- Observe a Minimum of 10 midwife managed births
- 40 Personally Managed labours
- A Minimum of 40 Newborn baby checks on babies that I have personally delivered
- 100 Postnatal Mother and Baby checks
- And Been Part of 40 complicated Antenatal, Labour or Postnatal cases
Plus a 10,000 word dissertation, countless assessments both verbal, written and three exams
Yes all that in three years....
Think I can do it. Personally I have no idea!
Anyway on to the good bit Laura came down to the kitchen this evening to join me in my chips and nuggets dinner, she also brought this little beauty with her :) I swear I’ve never tasted anything so good! And that ladies and gents turned a really bad day to an alright day. Safe to say Laura and her cake where invited back tomorrow :)
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