Lucinda Headland is one of the lucky people who have discovered their true calling and stuck to it.
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Working at Griffith Base Hospital for 14 months, she’s a midwife everyone would want to call.
“I love it, there are so many undeniably special moments,” Ms Headland says.
“I have women at the end of the delivery say, ‘thank you Lucy, it was incredible’, and I always make sure I thank them as a woman myself to be involved in caring for another woman and her family.”
Studying at the University of New England before working as an emergency nurse at Cootamundra, her professors would always say there was a niche spot for everyone.
While she loved being an emergency nurse, she found her true passion unexpectedly at an unusual emergency in the early hours of the morning.
From the minute I walked in here at the maternity ward, it has been a joy and it will be a lifetime passion for me.
- Midwife Lucinda Headland.
“We had to deliver a baby outside at 4am in the morning... it was incredible to see and work with the midwife there and see that connection formed, and how reliant a woman and her family can be on their midwife,” Ms Headland explains.
“The respect that midwife gave that family even though it was 4am on a roadside in the middle of nowhere, she made sure they felt safe and their birth experience was still an enjoyable one.
“That moment really struck a chord with me.”
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"From the minute I walked in here at the maternity ward, it has been a joy and it will be a lifetime passion for me.”
Despite being involved in one of the most precious moments in families’ lives, it’s not all rainbows.
“I suppose, it’s not the hardest, but the most taxing would be the emotional involvement, as it is one of the most emotional times for the family and we ride that wave with them.
“We are really knackered at the end of the day because we have given so much, it’s the physical running around the ward all day but it’s also the emotional investment.”
Ms Headland is sure she speaks on behalf of all of her colleagues when she says they remember every single day with bad outcomes.
“Shout out to all the nurses and midwives out there busting our butts all the time, all the guys and girls out there working to create safe and healthy environments and come to work with a smile.”