Mum-of-nine Caron Spurway edging closer to lifelong dream of becoming a midwife Mother-of-nine Caron Spurway recently has completed a degree in midwifery, but she says you don't necessarily need to be a mother first to tackle such a career. DELIVERING babies would be a squeamish experience for most but mum-of-nine Caron Spurway has had the perfect preparation for her future career as a midwife. The Logan mum will fulfil a "lifelong dream" when she graduates with a degree in midwifery from Griffith University in December. She started studying in 2010 when she was 49 and her five girls and four boys were aged between 9 and 24. "Some years ago I completed a diploma in childbirth education and I also became a teacher of yoga for pregnant women," Mrs Spurway said. I would often mention it (the degree) to my husband Wayne and the children, but with having such a big family to care for, it was something that was always put on the backburner. With only five children left living at home, Mrs Spurway took the chance to follow her passion for caring for pregnant women. Having not completed Year 12, she studied at TAFE before enrolling at Griffith's Logan campus. It has been wonderful studying so far, and I really love assisting pregnant women more than ever. I have had the amazing opportunity to follow 20 women through their pregnancies as part of our 'continuity of care' ethos and I have learnt so much from them," she said. Now also a grandmother to three, Mrs Spurway says she would have struggled without the help of her large family. I couldn't have done it without my family's support, that's for sure. And despite having plenty of experience with her own pregnancies, she said being a mum is not a prerequisite to being a good midwife. "There are a lot of great midwives who have never had children," she said. I think to do midwifery you have to have a real passion for the profession, which shows through when you build a rapport with expectant mothers.