Preparing to attend

Bring snacks to share with the staff

Revise ‘How to Exam Pregnant Abdomen’ and watch the Video ‘Progress of Fetal Head through the pelvis’

When you arrive

Go straight to birthing suite - do not attend handover. Today you will be with the midwives.

Introduce yourself to the charge midwife.

Explain you are the 5th year med student and would like to be involved in labours and births.

What you might be able to do from the logbook

Midwifery Assessment of a Labour and Birth Experience

Examination of a Pregnant Abdomen

Assist in a Caesarean Section

Examination of a placenta

(See Page 4-6)

Other opportunities to look out for

Learn how to consent for surgical procedures

Insertion of a Urinary Cathetar

Examination of a Newborn

Management of Third Stage / PPH

Assessment of a Perineum / 3rd Degree Tear