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\"Caboolture<\/p>\n

Robyn Alexander, Team Leader, Midwives and Me Midwifery Group Practice (MGP)<\/h3>\n

After leaving school, I did my nursing training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital from 1978 to 1981.<\/p>\n

Then I did my midwifery training at Royal Women\u2019s Hospital in 1983-84.<\/p>\n

\"RobynI planned to work in a cardiac unit until I did Midwifery and found what I loved.<\/p>\n

So, I have been a Midwife for almost 40 years, but it’s been over 45 years since I started my nursing training.<\/p>\n

Initially I worked in a small country hospital where I was the only midwife on a shift.<\/p>\n

The second person for the birth was the EN who was on shift, too.<\/p>\n

The doctor was a GP who came in when we called him.<\/p>\n

I then worked at Maryborough Base Hospital until I started at Caboolture Hospital in Maternity in January 1995.<\/p>\n

The last almost 10 years have been in a Continuity of Care model, Midwives and Me, which turns 10 on 18 November 2023.<\/p>\n

There have been so many changes in Midwifery over the years. One of the biggest was what resulted from the Term Breech Trial.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0was literally overnight that women went from having breech babies vaginally to having planned LUSCS (Lower Uterine Segment Caesarean Section).<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s voices are being heard and they are being given the choice to have their babies vaginally again.<\/p>\n

\"RobynAnother change will be happening soon.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0will have an offsite clinic, which\u00a0I am hoping will open before Christmas.<\/p>\n

I still love being a midwife – I love the relationships I have with the women I care for.<\/p>\n

I love supporting women to have the experience they want.<\/p>\n

Sometimes their choices are outside our guidelines.<\/p>\n

It’s my role to educate, inform and support them.<\/p>\n

I love watching women progress through pregnancy and become mothers for the first time, and then watching that progression as more children come along.<\/p>\n

\"RobynI love that often they stay in contact.<\/p>\n

I have one lady who usually sends me the yearly Santa photo with an update, and her eldest son has just finished primary school.<\/p>\n

I am getting closer to retirement, but I\u2019m not quite ready yet.<\/p>\n

I say if you aren\u2019t still learning then it\u2019s time to go, and I am still learning.<\/p>\n

I first met Emma Cooper, pictured with me above, when she started working as an Administration Officer in the Antenatal Chart Room and then Antenatal Clinic.<\/p>\n

I was privileged and excited that she asked me to be her midwife. Together we journeyed through her pregnancy and then labour.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure that her bub was going to arrive while I was there… and then she did – 12 minutes before I finished a 12-hour shift!<\/p>\n

Emma is going to share more about her Caboolture Hospital birth tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Have you got a story to share? Email ckw-engage@health.qld.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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