The Lily Pad Series for student and newly qualified midwives.
Qualifying as a midwife does not mean you have arrived at your final destination. There are more options than you may have been shown.
For many student midwives, NHS midwifery is the path you have been preparing for. But the reality is that midwifery skills can serve women, babies and families in many different ways.
If you have only been shown one career path, and the way ahead feels blocked, it can help to see the next safe step.
Start with one safe next step.
If your route into midwifery feels uncertain, paused or different from the path you expected, the free Lily Pad Starter Guide will help you reflect on where you are now and begin exploring what else may be possible.
- Reflect on where you are in your midwifery journey
- Start identifying your existing skills and strengths
- Explore possible lily pads beyond the traditional route
- Receive the link to join our private Mobile Midwives Professionals community
A place to pause, not panic.
Enter your email and we’ll send you the free guide, along with the invitation link for our private Mobile Midwives Professionals Facebook group.
A community for student and newly qualified midwives.
We’re building something for midwives who want honest conversations, practical guidance, pathway stories and a safe space to think about what comes next.
When you download the free guide, you’ll also receive the invitation to join our private Mobile Midwives Professionals community.
Get the free guideBecause not every journey feels like climbing a ladder.
For many student and newly qualified midwives, the challenge is not ambition. It is visibility.
You cannot move towards an opportunity if you do not know it exists. You cannot plan your next step if you cannot see where the path leads.
That is why we chose lily pads.
Because most midwives do not need the entire journey mapped out in front of them. Sometimes they simply need somewhere safe to stand while they work out what comes next.
The next conversation. The next opportunity. The next possibility. The next lily pad.
The Lily Pad Map is already growing.
We asked midwives where their skills had taken them. Within 24 hours, we had examples across the wider maternity, health, education and support landscape.
Clinical Practice
- NHS midwifery
- Independent midwifery
- Private practice
- Ultrasound & sonography
- Research midwifery
- Fertility & abortion services
Education & Training
- Antenatal education
- Higher education
- Health teaching
- Professional CPD
- Alternative therapies in pregnancy
Infant Feeding & Early Years
- Infant feeding roles
- IBCLC work
- Tongue tie services
- Health visiting
- Family wellbeing
- 0–19 public health
Women’s Health
- Sexual health
- Fertility care
- Pregnancy wellbeing
- Menopause support
- Reproductive health
Leadership & Safety
- Healthcare investigation
- Expert witness work
- Medico-legal practice
- Safeguarding liaison roles
- Service leadership
Support & Advocacy
- Bereavement support
- Birth trauma advocacy
- Mental health support
- Family support services
- Charity roles
Portfolio Careers
- Pregnancy product creation
- Business ownership
- Consultancy
- Private healthcare services
International Pathways
- Australia
- United States
A safe place to explore what comes next.
The Mobile Midwives community will be built around three core pillars, designed to help student and newly qualified midwives see more options, keep developing their thinking and explore different ways of working.
Career Pathways
Explore the many places midwifery skills can lead, through pathway stories, interviews and practical next steps.
- Midwife career interviews
- Pathway examples
- Skills translation
- Next-step guidance
Clinical Thinking
Build confidence through reflective learning, CPD, case discussions and professional reasoning.
- Reflective CPD
- Case-based learning
- Professional judgement
- Safe decision-making
Independent Pathways
Learn what it can look like to work independently, create services, build portfolio roles or explore going it alone.
- Independent practice resources
- Portfolio career guidance
- Business basics
- Working safely and professionally
The Lily Pad Series
While the community is being built, we are opening a small founding cohort for the Lily Pad Series: three dated workshops designed to help student and newly qualified midwives think clearly about their next step.
- Workshop 1: Recognising your skills and strengths
- Workshop 2: Exploring the pathways available to you
- Workshop 3: Identifying your next safe step
First 10 bookings: the first Lily Pad Series places will receive a founding goodie bag from the Mobile Midwives stand.
Only 10 founding places
Be part of the first Lily Pad Series cohort.
The first 10 people will join the live founding cohort. Once those places are filled, the series will later become available as a replay version.
Bookings will be numbered in order, so you will know which founding Lily Pad place you have secured.
Register your Interest to be one of our 10 Founder MembersYou do not need to see the whole journey.
You just need somewhere safe to start.
Download the free Lily Pad Starter Guide and receive the invitation to join the private Mobile Midwives Professionals community.