A Midwife in My Pocket: Pregnancy, Birth, and Life with a New Baby, Told as It Really Is

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My career as a midwife is the best in the world. I have written this book in a way that addresses the subjects that pop into your mind between visits to your own midwife. There is a lot of practical advice that you can access whenever you want to. The chapters cover from the earliest part of your pregnancy through to birth, feeding, settling, and enjoying your new baby. I hope you will find it an excellent resource as you go through your pregnancy. There are insights into how I felt during my pregnancy and in the first weeks with my new baby. Even midwives can feel vulnerable! This book will help you visit your midwife prepared for the steps that have to be taken throughout your pregnancy. It is meant as a guide to complement the care that your own midwife will undoubtedly give to you. As a community midwife, Ive amassed many tips and strategies for making pregnancy and early parenthood one of the most enriching experiences. Writing this book has enabled me to put into words the skills that I have learned and use daily as a midwife.

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I have been a midwife since 1999 and trained in Hampshire. I have worked for the majority of my career in the community. My home now is in Dorset. It was an honor in 2014 to win a national award. One of the student midwives whom I guided through her training nominated me for this award. I was amazed to be short-listed. Being the actual winner of the Midwives Magazine Mentor of the Year was inspiring. I feel passionately about caring for the families I look after, and I find imparting my knowledge to the next generation of midwives a privilege. Living in an extended family enables me to have the joy of returning from work to be greeted by my four-legged friends and my very special son. He takes my job in his stride, and I delivered most of his classmates! He always reminds me to take care if I have to go out to a birth in the middle of the night. The greatest joy in life is becoming a parent. Being a midwife is the next best thing.

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