One Week Old

Well one week down and I am loving it! We haven't really learnt anything yet as such as well still have had a lot of admin and intro stuff etc, however, come Monday I have a feeling that that is all about to change (I have a lot of reading to do this weekend in prep for Monday, and thats just Monday, gah!). I had a few anxiety issues on the first day, I wasn't worried about forgetting to put on my underwear of not being able to find my way around, you know the typical first day stuff. I was more nervous that perhaps I was in the wrong place and had chosen the wrong course, to be honest I was scared that someone would stop me and say 'you can't be a midwife', or something to that effect. I felt very vulnerable and exposed which made me think hard about why I was there. And you know what, on the second day I knew for sure that this is where I am meant to be. It is a very empowering thought from a personal development perspective, now I just need to work on owning it, and trust that I can/am allowed to/ cable of doing it. Bah! Ramble ramble! :)
ALSO! I now own my very own Stethoscope and Sphygmomanometer, lol, thats hard to say AND write! Anyway my lovely sister is letting me practice on her, very exciting!

New Header

Ok so credits go to my uber talented sister for the new blog header, thanks Kate, I LOVE IT! Link above :)

First Day!

Ok well yesterday was my first day of Midwifery school and boy did it take me back to the first day of high school, not in the horribleness, but in the sense of adventure and unease. I must admit I got a bit of a shock when I first rocked up as in my naivety I had assumed that I would be in a younger minority in the group. How wrong was I! There was probably only a 1/4 or a 1/5 of students say over the thirty mark. This may sound like a random thing to remark on but some of my hesitancy in applying was that for some reason I thought midwifery was a profession for older people with more 'life experience'. I was again proved wrong in my arrogance here as talking to some of the girls my age and that live in my area we had all pretty much done another degree before deciding to do this instead. I guess as the course goes on my eyes are going to be opened like that a lot! Bring it on!
On the course content front it was a pretty standard introduction day. Our main lecturers seem pretty good, they have a good style, and the Head of the department doesn't seem to take any nonsense which is excellent.
I can't wait to get my hands dirty and really get into this!