Big Silence

Since May 2018 I have been on placement at two wonderful wards in my local Maternity hospital, the same hospital I will be working at when I qualify!

I'm currently putting together two pieces on my experiences there and especially my experience working with women who have experienced miscarriage and pregnancy loss as one of my placements was on the early pregnancy ward.

I am also looking to write an updated piece on resilience in workplace as more and more I have heard this term and 'sustainability' be used to describe self care for midwives and how clinical supervision is aiming to build these traits in midwives in Scotland.

As well, last week I attended a fantastic student-led Learning Disabilities conference at my uni, Robert Gordon University - which opened my eyes and ears to the treatment and language we use when caring for women and families who have learning difficulties.
My main interest in the conference was around the discussion we have with parents undergoing screening for Down Syndrome.

Finally - the new series of The Highland Midwife is out! So you know I will be blogging away about that. I am slightly biased this time as the unit shown at Peterhead was my last community placement and I worked with Ruth (the other Ruth) at my first year placement in Fraserburgh. For those who have seen it, believe me those ambulance transfers to Aberdeen are interesting!!

Hope everyone is well, and I'll get back to blogging now I'm on a break from placement.

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Ruth x