My life has screamed to a complete halt while we play the waiting game. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a baby due and now I...

Midwives giving birth. There’s a whole lot of stuff going on there. I thought I was lucky, I’d already had mine before I started my...

So it’s been a while… Turns out there is life after midwifery. It’s not nearly as interesting, joyful or sad, but it has a lot more sleep...

Pic courtesy of Glen Jones I always write a blog post on the ferry when we are crossing to the South Island. It’s a way of drawing a line...

I had a spontaneous catch-up with midwifery mates that I studied with this week. They have a bevvie of little kids. It always makes me...

It’s international day of the midwife today, so I couldn’t not acknowledge that. Today is our day to celebrate the work we do and the...

So here I sit at the local market all set up to sell my pottery. Yes I’m early. I’m early because about 4.30 this morning the dog went...

2.44pm: Calmly making cups on my pottery wheel - all smug that I have ten the same 😊 - when I get a phonecall from a woman who is due to...

Recently I was having a discussion with a medical professional that has recently become a parent for the second time. “There’s a lot of...

Cool cup aye! All the midwives reading will relate to it 😉. It was a lovely gift I received today from a client at her discharge visit...

So it’s been a while, but today’s circumstances mean I really have no excuse not to write. I’m trapped in my car, staring at a massive...

I’ve survived a couple of full moons since I last wrote. Needless to say they came with their ups and downs. Covid meant that instead of...

For you overseas readers we had our first community case of Delta in NZ last week. A big deal for us and we very quickly went into our...

It’s been a contemplative week. With lots of links to previous blogs happening. it made me think I should share with you all. So I’ve...

So it turns out without planning it I’m semi retired. This time nine months ago was when my midwifery partner - my other spouse - stopped...

I have an amazing client who after all three of her babies l have become really close with. We spend a lot of time making each other...

This is how helpful my well meaning family is: I was staffing my pottery pop up shop and they’d all come to visit (and pity buy) which...

The amazing Cass Emmett from capturing life photography has made a slide show that depicts us at work beautifully. It was awesome to see...

I’ve got this absolutely lovely friend who never says a bad word about anybody. Never judges anyone, is just plain good. You know - the...

So I’ve had a busy week since my return from my epic horse adventures. Which were awesome by the way, it was so busy with such long days...