Working Life: No matter how many mums I care for, meeting their baby is a big moment

Megan Coleman, student midwife, UCC

Student midwife Megan Coleman pictured at the CUMH. Picture: Chani Anderson

“I went back as a mature student to study nursing and during the course I did a placement at a maternity hospital. It was amazing. I remember attending births in the labour ward and knew it was what I wanted to do. It was lovely to meet mothers and their new babies. It blows my mind that there’s suddenly an extra person in the room.

“Before starting the higher diploma in midwifery, I worked as a nurse in a gynaecology and pregnancy loss ward — it was so sad to see what some women go through. That really cemented my wish to do midwifery.