'I'm a midwife – this is what we think when you scream and swear during labour'

'I'm a midwife – this is what we think when you scream and swear during labour' A midwife has shared exactly what medical professionals think when women in labour start shouting and swearing at them or their partner that is supporting them.. A midwife has shared exactly what health professionals think when a woman in labour starts shouting and swearing at people in the room. Labour and delivery is one of the hardest and most painful things a woman can put her body through. Not only is it testing on the body, it also puts just as much pressure on a woman's mental health. While doing this woman are often being comforted and assisted by complete strangers she has never met before. This can come with a layer of anxiety as being in pain is something women often deal with privately or in the comfort of their own home. NHS midwife, Angie Willis, has urged expectant mums not to be worried about how they react to being in labour as it is something a midwife would certainly not judge. Angie, who is also a registered health visitor and antenatal educator with more than 11 years of clinical experience, shared her reassuring message on TikTok, where she is known as The Eco Midwife. She said: "Five things we don't give a s**t about as midwives. We don't care if you scream, shout, F, blind, swear, tell your partner where to shove it. Whatever brings you some degree of comfort in labour, we're happy with. "And from experience, usually the louder that someone gets, the closer to having a baby they are. There are particular noises that happen around that pushing stage for many women, so if you're going into a unit and you hear some shouting and screaming, normally it's because they're about to have their baby in their arms." The midwife then moved on to talk about birth preferences and other things midwives don't care about during labour. She continued: "Five things we don't give a s**t about as midwives. Hair. Firstly, whether you have a full bush, a semi-bush, a total eclipse of said bush. "Two. Poop. We don't care if you s**t yourself in labour, because there's a great sign that a head's coming down, progress is being made, and we will clear it away as discreetly as you possibly can. Poo is great. Midwives love poo. "And we don't mind if you change your mind either. We do not hold you accountable for the birth preferences you choose. "You can change your mind at any stage. What we want to know as midwives is how we can support you the best." What do midwives care about in the delivery room? Angie then went on to explain the things midwives actually care about when they meet women in labour or new mums at home. She said: "As midwives, we want you to feel as empowered and informed throughout your entire pregnancy to make the choices that feel right for you. Informed, empowered, supported - that's what we care about as midwives: that you are making the choices that feel right to you, that you feel informed about that decision-making, and that you have the most amount of support. "And in order to achieve this, we need the time to spend with the women, the people, the families within our care. We need more midwives." Scores of mothers took to the comments section to recount their own birth stories and the care they received from their midwives. One wrote: "God I was so embarrassed when I could smell [poop emoji] but bless them, you all do an amazing job." Another shared: "I was aggressively 'shushed' by the midwife while in labour with my first baby. Thankfully the midwives with my 2nd and 3rd were great advocates of 'scream the place down if it helps'." A third chimed in: "My husband and I could hear someone screaming in the next room and we were silently cheering them on!"