Transcript of Midwives of Broken Hill NSW Health
Bree: I am a midwifery group practice midwife
Shae: I’m a registered midwife in the maternity unit
Donna: I’m a midwife in the Midwifery Group Practice here in broken Hill
Chelsea: I’m the clinical midwifery consultant for Far West Local Health District
Bree: I became a midwife because I had that passion to help people and I knew I wanted to give something back to the community
Donna: I’m a midwife because I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives and one of the impacts I make is showing lots of support to the women that I care for
Chelsea: I’ve always been really interested in how babies were born and how families learn how to become mums and dads
Shae: Being with women and their families in that moment when they meet their baby is incredible and something that I feel very privileged to be a part of
Bree: I love helping women, I love helping families
Chelsea: I really love my job as a clinical midwife consultant because I get to be an advocate for the women, I get to be a voice for the midwives, I get to influence change
Shae: I try to bring to women and their families the confidence and reassurance that they’re doing the right thing and that no matter how they’re doing it, there is no right or wrong way to be a mum and they’re doing a really good job at it
Chelsea: It’s really great to help the midwives, teach the midwives, educate the midwives, so that they can then help the women that they are looking after
Donna: I work in the Midwifery Group Practice in Broken Hill. In the group practice we do antenatal, postnatal, and labour and birth so we get to do all aspects of midwifery
This offers so much not only for the women and families but for us as midwives.
Chelsea: The sense of camaraderie within our staff and looking after each other is really important to me
Donna: The job satisfaction that you get from working in MGP is so good, it’s rewarding
Donna: We look after them from just after conception to six weeks post-natally so we get to know them and their families really well. We get to do everything for our women which is lovely
Donna: My heart lies with just looking after women, so…