All hail the midwife! 5 reasons why midwives really deserve all our praise
If you’ve ever had a midwife in your life, you’ll already know how amazing these women (and men) are – at precisely the moment we are at our most vulnerable, they step in to calmly guide us through the incredible pregnancy-labour-birth-and-beyond journey. And all done (mostly) with a smile on their face!
Being a midwife surely can’t be an easy job and so we salute you. Here are five reasons why we think midwives are so great:
2. Embarrassing is not in their vocab
These people see vaginas, boobs and bums ALL DAY LONG. And farts, poo, blood, vomit, wee and goo? Like water off a duck’s back. They have seen it all and nothing phases them. Seriously, nothing. Midwifery is not for the fainthearted, yet they make you feel like no one has even noticed all your lady bits are hanging out all over the place while the hospital crew and your husband are standing in puddles of your broken water. How nice is that?
