PE BABYNET - Port Elizabeth

I trained at the Sharley Cribb nursing college in Port Elizabeth. Sharley Cribb is renowned in the Eastern Cape for it's history in Nurse Training. Like myself, many other nursing sisters can confirm that their grandmother trained here. I completed my four year diploma there, did my practical at every provincial hospital in Port Elizabeth and the one in Uitenhage. This includes clinics and MOUs across PE and Uitenhage. After completing my studies, I started out working at the Westend MOU in Salsoneville, Westend in Port Elizabeth. I had the priveledge of taking part in preparing this beautiful unit to open. The deliveries were done by the sisters with referrals of complications via Livingstone Hospital. The ante-natal clinic was also run by the MOU staff and postnatal check ups were  

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performed here. I then started working at St Georges Hospital maternity.The postnatal ward and adjacent ante-natal ward proved a great opportunity for learning, with many complicated cases and emergencies. It also provided the opportunity to learn from a legendary Midwife (Anna Tait) who was the best breastfeeding consultant I have met thus far. The nursery and labour ward provided the opportunity to learn these fields within the boundaries of the private sector. I now reside in the local SOS Villages where my husband works. Indeed it was time for the next step. I have always had a passion for learning and passing on what I have learnt. The aim of the antenatal classes, is to provide new parents with all the information they require in a safe supportive setting. I also provide the postnatal support they need to enable them to become confident parents with the tools they need for this very challenging but important task. I was untill recently involved in accompanying student midwives as they learn but, I will be doing my own intership to complete my Bsych as a Psychological councellor on a part time basis so for now my involvement in training will have to wait.