Hoping to be a midwife someday?

[bornthiswayxo]

Hey lovelies, so I'm decided for the time being that I might think of becoming a midwife after my current course at college... Any tips or ideas for what may help me to get into uni? Thank you ladies xxx

 

[PumpkinPatchx]

Midwifery is very very competitive. For every one place in uni for the course theirs 150 people, for every one job within NHS theirs 70 people, but if you really want to do it.. You will need a minimum a year experience now working in care (paid or voluntary) your looking at doing care with kids, babies, maternity/ante natal wards etc. Not babysitting.. Ask your local community midwife if you could shadow her for the day, most of them will say yes. But theirs always that one midwife who's a b..... Make sure you get Distinctions if your doing access course. And your maths and English are a level 3. Read plenty of maths for medical professionals, don't buy books due to guidelines changes all the time. But please please, read maths (especially for health professions) you will need this!! Also essays - brush up on that and always reference when writing essays as their very strict on that in Uni (Google Harvard System - that's what they use in Uni now with regards to referencing but you must have a year experience in care if I was you I'd do child nursing as easier to get a job once you qualify you can do midwifery in 18 months than 3 years always something to fall back on hope this helps!!xx.

 

[LouLou78]

Midwifery is very very competitive. For every one place in uni for the course theirs 150 people, for every one job within NHS theirs 70 people, but if you really want to do it.. You will need a minimum a year experience now working in care (paid or voluntary) your looking at doing care with kids, babies, maternity/ante natal wards etc. Not babysitting.. Ask your local community midwife if you could shadow her for the day, most of them will say yes. But theirs always that one midwife who's a b..... Make sure you get Distinctions if your doing access course. And your maths and English are a level 3. Read plenty of maths for medical professionals, don't buy books due to guidelines changes all the time. But please please, read maths (especially for health professions) you will need this!! Also essays - brush up on that and always reference when writing essays as their very strict on that in Uni (Google Harvard System - that's what they use in Uni now with regards to referencing but you must have a year experience in care if I was you I'd do child nursing as easier to get a job once you qualify you can do midwifery in 18 months than 3 years always something to fall back on hope this helps!!xx.

By this did you mean doing the 18 month midwifery course after doing childrens nursing, if so you can only do the 18 months course following Adult Nursing not childrens.

 

[bornthiswayxo]

Thanks for the reply hun! Yeah I have heard it is competitive... Aah well I'll try my best. thanks for the tips xx

 

[LouLou78]

Hey lovelies, so I'm decided for the time being that I might think of becoming a midwife after my current course at college... Any tips or ideas for what may help me to get into uni? Thank you ladies xxx

Certainly true, Midwifery is very competitive. I was very determined and if you are as determined it may work for you. At my university they only took on 16, me being one of them, there were 1000+ applicants who applied according to our lecturers at the time.

Experience is quite important, any care experience and when you do your personal statment, it does need to be midwifery focused. A good site I would really recommend which would help in your journey to becoming a midwife is https://www.themidwiferysanctuary.com/index.php. It provides a wealth of like minded people and those who have gone through the journey with plenty of tips for interviews, applications, personal statements etc etc.

 

[bornthiswayxo]

Hey lovelies, so I'm decided for the time being that I might think of becoming a midwife after my current course at college... Any tips or ideas for what may help me to get into uni? Thank you ladies xxx

Certainly true, Midwifery is very competitive. I was very determined and if you are as determined it may work for you. At my university they only took on 16, me being one of them, there were 1000+ applicants who applied according to our lecturers at the time.

Experience is quite important, any care experience and when you do your personal statment, it does need to be midwifery focused. A good site I would really recommend which would help in your journey to becoming a midwife is https://www.themidwiferysanctuary.com/index.php. It provides a wealth of like minded people and those who have gone through the journey with plenty of tips for interviews, applications, personal statements etc etc.

Thank you

 

[superbecks]

Hiya, i'm just going into my third year of midwifery. Yes it is competitive but don't let this stop you! I applied to 3 unis and got 3 offers and didn't expect one after hearing how competitive it is. Some work experience is good and if you have the spare time definitely go for it although I didn't and still got on without it. Your personal statement on your UCAS application is the most important thing i think, how you put yourself across and show you have a passion to be a midwife. If you need to know anything pm me and i will try and help! Ps don't do child nursing and then the 18 month course...it has to be adult nursing......and still if you want to be a midwife and not a nurse I can't imagine you would have the best 3 years doing a nursing course! Also they are trying to get rid of the 18 month course and lots of unis have stopped it as it costs too much to pay a qualified nurse compared to a direct entry student! x

 

[bornthiswayxo]

Thanks for the info hun! x

 

[BeeLT]

Wow! I had no idea how competitive it was in the UK! There are so FEW midwives in the US!

I realize this is not a part of schooling, but I would recommend reading Ina May Gaskin's Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta . If you haven't heard of her, she's one of the founders of the midwife revival in the US and the Gaskin Maneuver was named after her. It was the first book I read when DH & I decided we were WTT (and therefore preparing for when we would be TTC) and it opened my eyes to a lot of things, and helped form my opinions about labor & delivery (disclaimer: I've read A LOT in addition to this book that also impacted my opinions and furthered by education on such topics).

Best of luck!