- So when you're performing a C-section, how big do you make the incision? - You should guess. - Is this 10 centimeters? - Yeah, that looks about right. - Really?
- (shouts in excitement) - I'm just wondering. How do you know this? - Grey's Anatomy. - Oh my. - I told you it would pay off. (upbeat music) - Hi.
- Hi. - I'm Jules. - I'm Jamie. - Nice to meet you. - Good to meet you. Do you know what we're
here to talk about today? - Well, I can't tell by
anything you're wearing. - I do a certain type of job that can be in the hospital or at home. - Are you a doctor? - I'm like a doctor. So I'm a midwife. - What is that? - So a midwife, in general,
takes care of women during pregnancy and during labor. And mainly, I just catch the baby when it comes out of the mom. - Oh, I did not know that. - Do you remember how you were born? - Do remember?
- No, we do not remember. - Were you told? What have you heard about your
own birth, how about that? - I was easier, right? - No, I was easier. I just had more bruising.
- He was faster. - Are you a mom? - I'm not. I've just been delivering
all these babies. Can you guess how many I've delivered? - I'm gonna guess in the hundreds. - Oh God, it's gonna
be a really big number. - Do you keep a tally of this? - I do keep a tally of this. - You personally or the hospital? - I keep the tally. - Oh, my goodness. - And the hospital does too.
- Okay, let me ask you, how many years have you been working? - 12. - Okay, so let's say you
do 20 babies a month. 12 years. - Don't forget I have vacation months too. - Oh boy. - 1,500. - It's 800. - 800?
- 800? - Do you work a lot? - I feel like I work a lot. My shift is 24 hours long. - 24/7? - Not 24/7. - Oh, that's good. You still get some break time. - I get some breaks. - How long is your break time? - Good question. I have a little sleep room
in the hospital so I can go and take a nap.
- Is it called the on-call room? - It's called the on-call room. - What's the longest you've
gone without sleeping? - Maybe two whole days. How long have you gone without sleeping? - One time I was doing
Lego all the way until 4 o'clock in the morning. - Holy smokes. - We got a lot done that night. - How much do you know about babies? - Probably quite a bit. Do you have a question for me? - Can you throw a baby up? Like ... (barf sound) - No, I've never seen that. Usually the babies come
out through the vagina. Well, anyways. - Is it hard handling babies? - Yes cause they're very slippery. - Eww. - A little bit of blood. A little bit of amniotic fluid. Have you heard of that before? - No. - It's the pool that the baby's living in. So that's the balloon that bursts open during the birth process
when the baby comes. - What breaks it open? Is it the baby kicking at it? - Yeah.
- Oh really? - Sometimes it's the baby kicking it. Sometimes I can break the bag of waters. - What do you break it with? - This cool, little crochet of hook. Nobody can feel it. The baby can't feel. The mom can't feel it. - After the baby comes out, does something else comes out too? - The placenta. Have you heard of the placenta? - No, what is that? - So the placenta is this
organ that's about yay size. Like a big, big hamburger. Like about this big.
- (squeals) - What?
- And it's attached to the inside of the
uterus in one little spot. - What do people normally
do with the placenta? - So, most people choose for
the hospital to dispose of it. But some people are saving it now. They take it, make it really
small and then put it in a pill and then the women
will swallow the pill and it's got nutrients
in it like a vitamin. And it makes her feel better. I know. Rarely do they cook it, maybe, and eat it. - That's interesting. Have you ever tasted one? - I have not. Do you want to taste one? - No.
- Me either. - What's the grossest
part of delivering a baby? - Well, there's some poop that comes out. - Wait, really? - Yeah, cause you're
pushing so hard, right? - Yes. - Wait, the mom poops? Oh yeah.
- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Has there ever been a sad delivery? - Yeah, sometimes there's sad deliveries. Like when a mom has a baby
that she didn't really want to be pregnant with.
- Oh yeah. - It can be sad and happy
because the adoptive parents are there and they get to
see their baby be born. But then it's kind of sad for the women that is gonna give up her baby. - Have one of the babies died
while they were giving birth? - Not during birth. - What about during pregnancy? - Sometimes the baby does
die during pregnancy. So as a midwife, I have to help them through that process too. - Is that hard? - It is hard. It's kind of like being
part of life coming in but also being part of life coming out. - Can men and boys be midwives? - They can. - Are they called midhusbands? - Nope, they're still called midwives. - Oh. - Midwife stands for with women. - Oh.
- So, it's whoever. What do you think about
becoming a midwife? - A lot of hard work.
- A lot of hard work. - Research.
- Research. - You got to focus. - Brooklyn, do you want to have any kids? - Yes. - Oh, awesome. How many kids? - Start with one and if
it's twins, that's okay. But I'll just start with one. - Now, would you like
to have your children in a hospital or at home? - At the hospital. - At the hospital?
- Yeah, more safe. - Safer. - If you had any children,
would you want another midwife to deliver it or would
you actually try to? - I would probably have
another midwife do it. - Oh yeah. - But maybe I'd stick my hands
down there real quick too. Have you learned anything new today? - Yes.
- Oh good. Good to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you. - Good to meet you. Bye.
- Bye Jamie. - Hi, I'm Jamie. Certified nurse midwife. Thank you for watching
Kids Meet a Midwife. If you want to learn more about midwifery, check for a link down below. And subscribe to hiho. Bye bye.
