The Fear of Doing Things Wrong

Every doctor has their own personal graveyard in their head because it's the patients they couldn't save. I think that midwives carry a similar thing, not a graveyard, thankfully, but a little collection of women who have really touched them and made them question things. Maybe we've connected with them or maybe they've really challenged us in some way. But there certainly have been times on days off when all I can think about is something that's happened during my last shift - which is just part of being an adult in the world. We all go through that in our own way... The trick is just not to let it wrinkle and to try and work it out somehow.