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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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Birth at Home - Bedfordshire, England. FAQ, philosophy, birth stories.
Meta Description: [ Birth at Home - independent midwives based in Bedfordshire, UK, specialising in home births ]
Cairns Midwifery Service - Smithfield, Australia. Provides childbirth education and lactation and breastfeeding support.
Midwifery Care of Peel and Halton Hills - Ontario, Canada. Information on the practice of midwifery, with links to professional organizations and to education resources.
Northern Midwifery Care - Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Jane Hedges offers pregnancy care; home, hospital, and waterbirths; postnatal care.
Meta Description: [ Midwife serving Prince George BC ]
Nova Scotia Community Midwives - Canada. Benefits of midwifery and profiles of the midwives.
Meta Description: [ We offer personalised midwifery care in Nova Scotia for you and your baby all through pregnancy, labour and the first 6-8 weeks after birth. ]
River Ridge East Birth Centre - Hamilton, New Zealand. Map and photos.
Meta Description: [ Birth Centre Hamilton, River Ridge East birth centre Hamilton, primary birthing facility Hamilton. Baby friendly hospital. ]
Sages-femmes Renaissance Midwifery - Welland, Ontario, Canada. Includes FAQ.
Meta Description: [ The midwives at Sages-femmes Renaissance Midwifery are committed to expanding midwifery services throughout the Niagara region. ]
Spirited Women - Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Homebirth support, childbirth education, labour support, and breastfeeding counseling.
Meta Description: [ homebirth information, midwife, midwifery, childbirth, birth, waterbirth ]
The Birth Centre - Southwest London, England. Includes staff profiles, list of services, benefits of midwifery, and statistics.
Meta Description: [ Childbirth: There is another way! The Birthcentre Private Midwifery Practice ]
Unique Midwifery - United Kingdom. Midwife Tracey Stafford offers prenatal and postnatal workshops.
Meta Description: [ midwife led ante natal workshops with optimal foetal positioning ]
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