What have I been doing since I graduated NMI? CATCHING BABIES! And yes, I love it! Was it worth all the horrors of school? YES. But I don't want to sugar-coat it is a stressful, hard job but also an amazing, rewarding job. Is my life easier now that school is behind me? YES, but that doesn't mean it's an easy job by any means, it is a very demanding job. I take being a midwife very serious and in my personal opinion I think every midwife should. No one out there is hiring you to just come and enjoy their beautiful home birth, they are hiring you for all the what if's that could happen. This is what you need to be good at, all the what if's, and believe they will happen. I do not believe just anyone can be a midwife, but I do believe you can do anything you want to do if you are dedicated and move at your own pace. When I was in school there were so many obstacles, it truly felt like I would never graduate. Becoming a midwife was my life dream, it took me 21 years of planning and saving money just to join NMI and then when I was finally in school there were things that I hadn't really comprehended that midwives do, their full scope and responsibilities. I'll be honest there were times I thought to myself that I couldn't do it.... after all that money, and years and not to be able to finish my life dream, yeah, I had my sad moments. Then COVID came right when I was finishing my primaries and students were told for a time to stop attending births! But I pushed through and graduated! I learned to do all the things I thought I would never be able to do! I love being a midwife but let's be honest it is a crazy job that demands so much of you mentally, emotionally and physically, however if this is your dream then grab it, and just keep chugging along and you will graduate. Please remember this isn't the type of job you want to just rush through school to get done. You need to really be excellent at your knowledge, skills, etc. really become a lover of learning. Your learning never ends, after you graduate and get licensed you will continue learning with CEU's, with birth experiences, with research. You should want to learn because learning is what makes you an excellent midwife. After every birth I ask myself, what could I have done better? And then I change, add, research, purchase something, whatever is needed to do it better. Birth is a huge adventure not just for clients but for the midwife too, especially if you do home birth. A birth center birth is in the same location but still includes unknown adventures, however with home birth the location changes adding to the adventure. The attached picture is of our unplanned outdoor birth which included a shoulder dystocia and a hemorrhage, happy to say no transfers. Yes, we made it there in time, in fact we were there for over 24 hours, but birth is always full of surprises and well, we ended up delivering outside, in the daytime, with people around! Hang in there student midwives! You got this!

Christine Score

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Graduate Spotlight: Christine Score, CPM, NMI Graduate