Kimba AllisonMay 28, 20205 min readThe invisible superhero... After the homebirth on Sunday night I had an interrupted daytime sleep on Monday, what with the phone and a courier and hungry horses....
Kimba AllisonMay 25, 20203 min readDisappointment and delight. So I’ve been a bit quiet lately. The reason may surprise you as even I couldnt figure out why I wasn’t motivated to write. But it’s the...
Kimba AllisonMay 8, 20204 min readMoons and miracles. Last night I was phoned at 10:30pm by a client to let me know her waters had broken but nothing was happening yet. I may have mentioned...
Kimba AllisonMay 4, 20207 min readWelcome Home Well it’s been a few days and we’ve moved into level three now. In which I’ve come across some incredibly atrocious bubble keeping. On...
Kimba AllisonApr 20, 20203 min readThe case of the missing underwear...A couple of nights ago I stupidly watched tv too long - until midnight. I knew it was a mistake. 15 minutes later my client rang to let...
Kimba AllisonApr 16, 20205 min readThe baker, the plumber, the IT guru and the geriatric midwife. Easter Friday I wanted to be all Martha Stewart and make hot cross buns. Some of my girlfriends were doing the same and competitive pics...
Kimba AllisonApr 9, 20203 min readBorn days and bye days. It’s been an unusual sort of week, very quiet and slow on the work front and some highs and lows on the personal front. My great uncle...
Kimba AllisonApr 6, 20205 min readAnd... testing, testing 1,2,3. I had the weekend off call as my backup had both our caseloads. Which as my midwife mates know is an absolutely blissful feeling, knowing...
Kimba AllisonApr 1, 20203 min readHighs and lows. I rang my mum who I’ve been missing and she tells me she had just finished her daily ‘Shit patrol’. Whaaaaaat mum???? Now those that...
Kimba AllisonMar 31, 20203 min read23894949578th Day of Lockdown. Actually I think it’s only Day 6? I have no idea really, feels like forever already. I miss my mum. Yesterday was a relatively lazy day,...
Kimba AllisonMar 29, 20204 min readThe violinist, the monk and the pig Woke up at 8.30am - a full 11 hours sleep! I did wake briefly to grunt goodbye to hubby when his alarm went at 4.45am for his paramedic...
Kimba AllisonMar 28, 20204 min readDay 3 of Lockdown. How can it only be day 3????1:58am: phonecall from the client who rang yesterday when I was a tad busy. She’s ready to go to the birthcentre for her third baby. Not...
Kimba AllisonMar 27, 20207 min readA little bit pear shaped...So a bit of background history to today’s story. I didn’t help my midwifery partner/backup yesterday in the end. She transferred to...
Kimba AllisonMar 26, 20204 min readAnd.... LOCKDOWNI can’t say that without wanting to count down from 10 and shout “blast off “ lol. So the first day of Level Four started after a bad...
Kimba AllisonMar 26, 20201 min readPPElessSo with No PPE - as Midwives provide their own unless there is a confirmed case (then I would have to drive north to the hospital to...
Kimba AllisonMar 25, 20202 min read1 day to lockdownToday was supposed to be a recovery day after a night birth (translates as: sleep in; eat too much; try to go back to sleep; watch Jamie...
Kimba AllisonMar 25, 20201 min readNeeds MustCongratulations to my man for receiving his Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic). Due to the cancellation of his graduation we had a...
Kimba AllisonMar 25, 20201 min readLevel ThreeMy husband’s an ambo, I’m a midwife on call. We have no option for working from home. We have no PPE unless dealing with a confirmed case...
