Name: Grace Burns

Social Justice Group: Maternal/Fetal Care

Date of Fieldwork: January 18, 2018

Name of Organization: Julie Gold

Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Julie Gold the Midwife

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did:

We met with Julie Gold at school, LREI and learned about her journey becoming a midwife. As we talked about before, Juliet isn’t a doctor but she was trained as a nurse as most Midwives were in order to become a Midwife. We asked her questions about her personal life and when she decided to become a midwife. we talked and shared knowledge and learned a lot more about the specifics in midwifery than we knew before.

What I learned:

I learned a lot about the process of becoming a midwife and the personal interest that goes into it. For example when Julie was about 13 she had already had multiple surgeries and complications with her reproductive system. She had a very nice doctor that said he had most of his training from Midwives. Because her own experience had impacted her so greatly, she wanted to help others in a nice caring way just like her own doctor. I also learned that nowadays the qualifications to become a midwife have lessened. She told us how because of her own personal history she became interested in medicine and that’s when she found a life for herself in midwifery.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

I learned that midwifery is a heavy and important job that impacts the outcome of Maternal and Fetal care massively. Midwives are often forgotten about and many women forget they have them as an option for birth which is important because midwives do so much the doctors cant when a woman is giving birth. Many maternal deaths would be prevented if a woman has the essential maternal health care then need, this included midwives and doulas. I really enjoyed this fieldwork because her story was unique and gave us a real view into the life of a Midwife.