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Star Trek was fun, nerdgasmic, even. I giggled quite a bit. Do go see it, even if there wasn't enough of Scotty of the Dead. Then Liz plied me with martinis. And then nice barman gave us free martinis because they had no olives. And then there was alcohol science, which can only end well. And then I fell asleep. I'm still in pain.

Midwifery squees

Two things from yesterday's Irish Times:
Ireland to participate in CEMACH, woo! We've needed a CEMACH equivalent for donkey's, but being such a small country and with very low maternal mortality it's very difficult for it to stay confidential. There have been something like three maternal deaths in Ireland since I started my training, it's no secret who they were. This is certainly not me complaining about a low maternal mortality rate!

Drogheda midwife led unit passes the 1000 birth mark! More woo! This, this is why I do what I do. And an awful lot of my continued passion for what I do is down to Cecily Begley and her organisational skills. Thanks to her, my course exists in the form is does and I have a lot of contact with a wonderful kooky sociology lecturer who keeps us passionate about protecting the normality of pregnancy. Because it is a normal physiological event.

I love my job.