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Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. In the modern context, this term is used to describe the activities of these health care providers who are experts in women's health care including giving prenatal care to expecting mothers. They attend the birth of the infant and provide postpartum care to the mother and her infant. Practitioners of midwifery are known as midwives, a term used in reference to both women and men (the term means "with woman").
Midwives are autonomous practitioners who are specialists in normal pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum. Midwives are also primary care givers: providing general women's health care. Midwives are trained to recognize and deal with deviations from the norm. Obstetricians, in contrast, are specialists in illness related to childbearing and in surgery. The two professions are complementary. Midwives refer to obstetricians when a woman requires care beyond her areas of expertise. In many jurisdictions, these professions work together to provide care to childbearing women. In others, only the midwife is available to provide care. Midwives are trained to handle certain situations that are considered abnormal using non-invasive techniques, including breech birth on occasion. In many areas of the world, traditional birth attendants, also known as traditional midwives care for childbearing women.
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@Meh_ i mean, like . . . thinking of being a sociology & spanish major then getting an MPH & MSN in midwifery. omnihealth. super nerd shit.
dopegirlfresh (flask gordon.) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:20:38 -0000
@Meh_ i mean, like . . . thinking of being a sociology & spanish major then getting an MPH & MSN in midwifery. omnihealth. super nerd shit.
@midwifeamy my midwifery mentor said the longer she was a midwife the less she realized she needed to do till finally she retired!
MidwifeJen (Jennifer Stevens) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:32:54 -0000
@midwifeamy my midwifery mentor said the longer she was a midwife the less she realized she needed to do till finally she retired!
I like this midwife. Holly Kennedy's research says one of hallmarks of exemplary midwifery is "doing nothing well." #livebirth
midwifeamy (Amy Romano) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:27:34 -0000
I like this midwife. Holly Kennedy's research says one of hallmarks of exemplary midwifery is "doing nothing well." #livebirth
@sage_femme Where are you studying midwifery?
jaesteele (jae steele) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:00:17 -0000
@sage_femme Where are you studying midwifery?
RT @BAGebb: @FSMFN RT @rachel_w: Yay for Vanderbilt's Nurse-Midwifery practice! http://bit.ly/36FXQQ
kelleycruse (Kelley Cruse) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:47:24 -0000
RT @BAGebb: @FSMFN RT @rachel_w: Yay for Vanderbilt's Nurse-Midwifery practice! http://bit.ly/36FXQQ
@FSMFN RT @rachel_w: Yay for Vanderbilt's Nurse-Midwifery practice! http://bit.ly/36FXQQ
BAGebb (Billie Anne Gebb) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:46:00 -0000
@FSMFN RT @rachel_w: Yay for Vanderbilt's Nurse-Midwifery practice! http://bit.ly/36FXQQ
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