LABOUR WARD - Everything you need to know as a student midwife!

In this video, I explain what you can do as a student midwife on labour ward, the situations you may see, the clinical skills that will be needed, and what typical days on labour ward would look like.
I also show you some examples of documentation used on the labour ward such as observation charts, fluid balance charts and partograms.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video and found it useful!
As I explained, I will be making a video soon discussing instrumental deliveries, c-sections and the birth centre/midwifery-led unit.
If you would be interested in me doing a video discussing anything in more detail then let me know, because I didn't want to make this video too big by explaining what everything is and why we do it, but I know if I would have watched this as an aspiring student midwife, I would have lots of questions!
If you did enjoy this video, please hit the like button, follow me on my midwifery instagram account ellies_journey_to_midwifery and subscribe to my channel!
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[@sah_son6169]

Ive watched your videos since you moved into your first uni accommodation and i must say you've grown so much in terms of your confidence and you can see it in your videos and your knowledge. Thanks for making your videos I am really grateful for all the knowledge it keeps me excited about my learning 😊

[@sah_son6169]

Can you do another video on perineal guarding please?

[@elliesjourneytomidwifery6142]

Aww this is so nice to hear! :) Thank you for continuing to watch my videos and I am really glad you are finding them useful! :)

[@elliesjourneytomidwifery6142]

There isn't much to discuss with perineal guarding to be fair so I probably wouldn't do a video just on that, but if I remember for the next video I do I will try and discuss it further. Essentially, (from what I have been told) you are aiming to reduce the chances of the woman tearing her perineal muscles. You fill a small bowl with hot/warm water, put your sterile swabs inside of the water and you (with consent) place it onto the perineum firmly. You spread your thumb and forefinger out as wide as they can go, and then you almost pinch them together which helps the skin around the perineum because its not tight then, and with your middle finger you are putting pressure on the swab to keep it in place. It's difficult to picture, but if you search "perineal guarding in labour" on google you will probably see the hand positioning I'm talking about. You keep the swab there even when the head is delivered, and then when the body has been delivered you remove it. As I said in the video, not every midwife does perineal guarding as the evidence for it is not conclusive that it actually reduces the tear rates, but most midwives I have seen do it still (unless the baby is delivering quickly and there is no time!). As I am typing this, I have just thought at some point I could potentially do a video on labour skills? Ill have to keep this in mind! But this may be a video for my 3rd year, as it's been a couple months now that I have been out of labour ward so by the time I get chance to do the video for it, my memory of labour skills may be a little rusty! Haha. So yeah next year when I do my labour placement I will do a labour skills video :) Hope this all helps!

[@ALeaFification]

I've followed your videos for a year now, when I was deciding whether or not to go for it and start an Access course! Now I'm starting my degree at Cov Uni in September and watching your journey has really helped to inspire mine ❤️ Thank you for your videos (especially the uni interview one 😅)

[@elliesjourneytomidwifery6142]

Aww glad you enjoy the videos and that they’ve helped you!😊and aww congratulations on your offer! You’ll love this degree❤️

[@elisegower1808]

I’m starting at cov Uni too!🙂

[@ALeaFification]

@@elisegower1808 oooh amazing! See you in a few weeks! 🥳

[@vanessaines763]

Thank you for your videos. They are honestly so informative! could you please do a video on CTG analysis?

[@elliesjourneytomidwifery6142]

I’m so glad you find them useful! And I can definitely try! It will probably be in a few months when I’ve got much more of a better understanding with CTGs, but I would be happy to do one :)

[@sechelanjiceed9326]

What are all the things I needed to study and learn as a first year student

[@isabellajacey4486]

What happens if you where to accidentally pull the cord to hard and it comes away from the placenta??

[@elliesjourneytomidwifery6142]

So I’ve heard of this happening quite a lot! I guess it would depend on if there’s no chance of being able to pull anymore, the risks of the woman bleeding etc. I would assume that it might at times be possible to have a physiological delivery of the placenta after that point (where the woman would push it out herself) but if there’s a high risk of her bleeding or other implications involved, she may have to go to theatre for a manual removal of the placenta. Good question though! Sorry I’m not 100% sure on the answer but I guess it would be decided on a case by case basis