What kind of people become midwives?
Some nurses decide to undertake the extra study necessary to be registered as a midwife. Others work their way up through unqualified support roles and go on to study for a registered midwifery degree, while some people enter midwifery from a different career altogether.
It is also possible to study to be a midwife directly after A-levels, although Janet Fyle, professional policy adviser at the Royal College of Midwives, stresses that maturity is important. "I am not saying 18-year-olds can’t study to become midwives, but they must think about whether they have the confidence as an individual to deal with the wide range of issues they will come across," she says.
What do midwives do?
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