Self care for the Student Midwife

  sagefeminist   September 25, 2017    0 Comments
The beginning of a new semester or module has always been a particular challenge for me. Starting something brand new. Re-organising notes, getting in a new routine and dusting off the cobwebs of

Managing Criticism

  sagefeminist   September 20, 2017    0 Comments
Not all feedback is positive.  Some can cause you to get that tight knot in your stomach and make you feel ashamed as embarrassed.  Criticism/ Feedback can be mean. Especially when it comes out

SEPSIS Awareness Month

  sagefeminist   September 17, 2017    0 Comments
If you receive the wonderful Sunday Summaries email newsletter from Byrom & Byrom you will know that this weeks theme is Sepsis awareness month which falls each September. A few days ago I

#EndFGM - FGM and Women's Rights

  sagefeminist   September 14, 2017    0 Comments
On the 12th September 2017, the RCM introduced into the Parliament a series of short films and images related to the illegal practice of FGM, or Female Genital Mutilation. This is being put

Hyperemesis Gravidarum: More than just Morning Sickness

  sagefeminist   September 11, 2017    0 Comments
As the news has broken that the Duchess of Cambridge (or the Countess of Strathearn as she is known in Scotland) is pregnant with her third child she is yet again being treated