This book brought back some wonderful memories of my time as a pupil midwife a decade later in 1968! It is also very different to Jennifer Worth books about her own midwifery experiences in late 40s early 50s.
Dot's autobiography gives us a wonderful slice of life in 1957, as she rides her bike from one delivery to the next in an attempt to get her twelve deliveries on district for her final exam. I so remember doing the same as well and writing each delivery in my book as Dot does!
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