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I've had two old flames pop up while searching for stuff relevant to dissertation. One co-wrote a report I'm using, the other in some media reporting of fundraising for a support group. Neither of them are people I'm in contact with anymore (the latter because it was a real flamey-flame-oh-gods-that-hurts-what-was-i-thinking? non-relationship, er, and isn't the one that put the idea for dissertation in head in the first place. I swear, I've nice exes and ex-bonks too) and now I can't get either of them out of my head. Damn.

Stupid world, stop being small.

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Let's see how well I know my lecturers. For own amusement, my predictions of exams next week.

Paper 1, normal pregnancy
Question 1 (compulsory) choice of A or B, both 100 marks. Autonomy and scope of practice.
Questions 2-4 (pick 2 will be divided 30/70 or 60/40)
Iron supplementation in pregnancy and changes to the haematological system in pregnancy.
Gynaecoid pelvis and mechanism of labour (with emphasis on how knowledge of this helps midwives recognise the normal and hence the abnormal)
Physiological changes in the puerperium.
Breastfeeding. Something about that. Ok, that's 4 things that are likely to come up.
Easy, know all this stuff. Apart from autonomy, which is a load of wanky nonsense.

Paper 2, abnormal and babies
Question 1 (compulsory) Babies. Answer A or B, both 100 marks. One baby will be normal and healthy, the other will have "something abnormal" So I'm going with daily examination of the newborn for normal and intrapartum care of twins. The twins question was answered poorly both times it's been answered. Or jaundice. Ah, forgot that hasn't come up yet. If jaundice, probably how to distinguish between physiological and pathological as part of question.
Questions 2-4 as for Paper 1
Pre-eclampsia. It has to come up. Has to.
Diabetes. Could be any of the three, but most likely care of woman with pre-existing type 1 diabetes. Can feel it in my waters.
Breech.

Right, back to diabetes.