DUBBO'S midwives are proud of the important role they play in the community but they had extra reason to celebrate yesterday for the International Day of the Midwife.
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To celebrate, the midwives at Dubbo Hospital enjoyed a large cake, but had to fit the festivities around their regular duties.
The theme for 2016 was Women and Newborns: The heart of midwifery, which was designed to highlight how hard midwives work to ensure mothers and newborns receive the care they deserve.
Team leader Judi Yeo said the move to new facilities had proved staff and patients with major boost, as had the number of young recruits that had joined them.
"There are a lot of young, fresh faces around the ward, who have trained and come through here. The women who come through would have noticed the boost in morale and the positive feeling since we moved to the new facilities," she said.
Dubbo Maternity clinical midwife educator Pritty Joseph said there was more to being a midwife than just delivering babies.
"A midwife is usually the first and main contact for a woman during her pregnancy, throughout labour and the early postnatal period," she said.
"Every childbirth is a different experience. We share the happiness with mum and dad every day."
