title: Wavering enthusiasm.
abstract: This reflection focuses on an experience I had whilst on my community placement involving my first birth, a home birth. I attended as a student midwife. In order to maintain confidentiality I have used pseudonyms throughout. I have mulled over my feelings about the first birth I witnessed, and midwifery as my future career and, most importantly, the role of the midwife at a home birth.
authors.forename: Arlene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oram
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D006113:United Kingdom