- You have enough equipment in your car to set up a small field hospital
- You can’t decide whether to stay up late to avoid being dragged out of bed or go to bed at 6pm to cram in as much sleep as possible before that 2am wake-up call
- You hate your work phone’s ring tone with its oh-so-jolly tune because you know what it means…
- …and you keep imagining that you hear it!
- You don’t cook or eat anything special because if you get interrupted you don’t want it to go to waste
- Your glass of wine is unfortunately absent
- You go to sleep with a diary and pen by your bed
- You wake up, check your phone, try to get back to sleep and it rings
- There’s a sense of excitement and dread when you go out on the call
- Your partner is used to fending for himself
- You reach new levels of tiredness
- You’re used to a placenta being in your car…
- …and it doesn’t bother you in the slightest to eat a Macdonald’s breakfast sitting next to it
This is meant to be a tongue in cheek list, are you a Midwife or Doula? Have you got anything you would add? Share if you agree!
