Ellie Crease-Durant is an experienced midwife offering Birth Reflections privately.
Every Birth Matters
Blog on Failure and Repeating Second Year - an Interview with Student Midwife Olivia
After a rough few weeks, Olivia discovered a few things: a) there’s hardly any information out there for people who are taking some time out from a midwifery degree (hence this blog), b) after feeling horribly alone for a while, she found quite a few others who are in the same position, and c) having a mandatory break from midwifery is actually the best thing that could have happened.
Writing a Job Application as a Newly Qualified Midwife, with an Example
I’ve meant to put this post together for at least the last 6 years. Here’s some tips of writing a successful job application as a band 5 midwife, even if you’re a busy student student who’s soon to be newly qualified.
Essay Writing Tip for Student Midwives
This was the tip that student midwives found most helpful when I ran the essay seminar. When you're researching for your essay, reading can be complex and it's frustrating to lose your train of thought. Voice typing can make things a lot easier. For a video short course called 'Knowing What Essay Writing Is on a Gut Level for Student Midwives' go here: https://midwifediaries.com/essay-course
Small Moments/ International Woman's Day 2021
Small Moments/International Woman's Day 2021
My Takeaways from MBRRACE 2020
The ‘constellation of biases’ included in the review includes poverty and, of course, being from a minority ethnic group.In this review, black women are found to have 4.35x increased risk of mortality and Asian women 2x in comparison to white women. It could be concluded that this is successful since in the last report black women were 5x more likely to die during childbearing but the reduction is described as ‘non-significant’.
Cycling to Work as a Midwife
Cycling to work as a midwife.
Personal Statements and Inclusive Language
Should I use 'woman' or 'client' or something else in my personal statement? What's inclusive?
'In and Around Us' - Black Lives Matter, Midwifery, and The Secret Community, with David Monteith
David Monteith is an actor, father, infant loss activist and antiracism activist. Great bloke. Join us for a focussed wander around racism in Britain, in midwifery, obstetrics, history and how we can all help.
Mary Shelley
The Secret Community For Midwives In The Making Reading List
Being a Transgender Midwife; Caring for Transgender Clients; and the Language of Motherhood, with Midwife Nathan Welch
Why I'm No Longer Ignoring Racism As A White Person
Reni Eddo-Lodge is a sociologist who wrote a blog post with the same title as her book. Luckily the blog post of the same title attracted so much attention that it let her point out structural racism in the main stream. I think it's the exhaustion in her tone that gets me. ?
Independent Midwife Joy Horner on Being a Soft-Hearted Healthcare (S)Hero
In the second stage I do not dictate maternal position or coach pushing. As baby emerges the woman or partner receive the baby (unless there is a clinical reason for me to be hands-on, and that's rare). If the woman is unable to lift her own baby I place it beneath her (most women are kneeling), and cover baby with warm towel. Until the mother claims her own baby I visually assess baby's APGAR. No vigorous drying or stimulating are needed if baby is full term, cord is intact and colour, heart rate (assessed by feeling the cord) and tone are good.
'Support/Advice Needed' - A Student Midwife Nearly Gives up but Doesn't
A few years ago I went through a really tough time as an almost-qualified student midwife. I made a mistake while on placement and found myself being shouted at by a room full of midwives on a delivery suite after one of the hardest night shifts I had experienced.
Independent Midwife Debs Neiger: on Fetoscopes, Close and Longlasting Relationships with Women, and Her Most Important Realisation from the Last Few Years
If you could put a sign up on every labour ward or work place for midwives worldwide, with a big message for every member of staff, what would it say?Listen to your women and actually HEAR them. Always. They will tell you almost EVERYTHING you need to know.
How To Understand Birth Mechanism
A Successful Example Midwifery Personal Statement
Surviving Emergencies As A First Year Student Midwife
