My mother became a nurse first, then studied more to become a midwife and public health nurse, and later um, surgigal nurse or what ever that is in English, oh and nursing administration also. *bogles* I didn't even know she had studied that much! She was and has always been a midwife through and through, though.
Nowadays (this is the googling part *g*) there are "EU midwives", their studies last 4.5 years and the students become midwives right away not having to study general nursing first. That degree qualifies them to work as midwives in every European country and other countries that accept the degree.
And no, bottle feeding and even pacifiers are a big no-no here, breastfeeding has been encouraged for a long time now, since 70's or so, even more vigorously since the 80's. My mother just said that she had to secretly breastfeed my big bro (born 1965) and that she was a bit ashamed to do it since it was so "old-fashioned" :))
The maternity pack is a big hit, the clothes and things are of very good quality and all new mommies can't wait to get it :)) Originally in 1920's the pack was just for poor mothers but very soon after that it became a benefit for all mothers. All Finnish babies sleep their first few weeks in that cardboard box, it comes with a mattress :))
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My mother became a nurse first, then studied more to become a midwife and public health nurse, and later um, surgigal nurse or what ever that is in English, oh and nursing administration also. *bogles* I didn't even know she had studied that much! She was and has always been a midwife through and through, though.
Nowadays (this is the googling part *g*) there are "EU midwives", their studies last 4.5 years and the students become midwives right away not having to study general nursing first. That degree qualifies them to work as midwives in every European country and other countries that accept the degree.
And no, bottle feeding and even pacifiers are a big no-no here, breastfeeding has been encouraged for a long time now, since 70's or so, even more vigorously since the 80's. My mother just said that she had to secretly breastfeed my big bro (born 1965) and that she was a bit ashamed to do it since it was so "old-fashioned" :))
The maternity pack is a big hit, the clothes and things are of very good quality and all new mommies can't wait to get it :)) Originally in 1920's the pack was just for poor mothers but very soon after that it became a benefit for all mothers. All Finnish babies sleep their first few weeks in that cardboard box, it comes with a mattress :))