Midwifery is a health care profession where providers give prenatal care to expecting mothers, 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 etymology of midwife is mid = with and wif = wife). Nurse
Midwives in the United States (see below) are advance practice nurses (Nurse
Practitioners). In addition to giving care to women surronding pregnancy and birth, they also provide primary care to women, well woman care (gyn annual exams), family planning and menopause care.
Midwives are autonomous
practitioners who are specialists in a low-risk pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum stage. They generally strive to help women have a healthy pregnancy and natural birth experience.
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 can be complementary, but often are at odds because obstetricians are taught to "actively manage" labor, while
midwives are taught not to intervene unless necessary.
(Source :
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