FlyingVixen
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It’s a very scary thought! You know you can sort of handle it on an adult really, but when it comes to a baby it hits home differently. The scariest part of delivering a baby is when it comes out. You hope to god that it breathes for itself. Majority of the time they do, but the odd ones just don’t. It does keep you on your toes! It’s exhausting overall though. If I can handle that, then I can sure as hell operate a train and remain alert! That’s my thoughts anyway! Just hope that it transfers across on assessment day! Thank you though! Being a Midwife is a big job. Not many know what really goes on behind the scenes most of the time!Wow…that is such a scary thought. You don’t really like to think that has to happen, what an awfully pressurised position to hold in so many ways. I’m not sure what else to say, my mind is blown thinking about having to do that. I worked as a lifeguard when I was just out of college many years ago and obviously did first aid and lifeguard quals where in part we trained using the resuscitation dolls including a baby one, and doing the light two-finger chest compressions and weaker blows of air into the mouth. I never really envisioned having to do it, but for yourself in a birth situation as a midwife it somehow seems so much more critical. And the fact that you have had to do it, perhaps many times… I tip my hat, chapeau..