What Does A Midwife Do?

A midwife is a highly skilled, trained professional who provides advice and care for expectant mothers. A
midwife organises and carries out tests and scans during the pregnancy to check mother and baby are healthy.
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knowledge and research in your quest to live up to your fullest, and for this reason we provide you with
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Midwifery

A midwife measures the height of the mother's fundus at about 26 weeks to determine the probable gestational age of the fetus.
Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during their
pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also care for the newborn through to
ten days of age, including assisting the mother with breastfeeding.
A practitioner of midwifery is known as a midwife, a term used in reference to both women and men,
although the majority of midwives are female.[1] In the United States, Certified Nurse-Midwives are
advanced practice nurses. In addition to giving care to women in connection with pregnancy and birth,
midwives also provide primary care to women, well-woman care related to reproductive health, annual
gynecological exams, family planning, and menopausal care.
Midwives are autonomous practitioners who are specialists in low-risk pregnancy, childbirth, and
postpartum. They generally strive to help women to have a healthy pregnancy and natural birth
experience. Midwives are trained to recognize and deal with deviations from the normal. Obstetricians, in
contrast, are specialists in illness related to childbearing and in surgery.[2] 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.[3]
Midwives refer women to general practitioners or obstetricians when a pregnant woman requires care
beyond the midwives' area 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 may be described as normal variations or may be c

According to the International Confederation of Midwives (a definition that has also been adopted by the
World Health Organization and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics):

• A midwife is a person who, having been regularly admitted to a midwifery educational program that is duly
recognized in the country in which it is located, has successfully completed the prescribed course of studies in midwifery and
has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally licensed to practice midwifery.

The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with
women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum
period, to conduct births on the midwife's own responsibility and to provide care for the infant. This care
includes preventive measures, the promotion of normal birth, the detection of complications in mother and
child, accessing of medical or other appropriate assistance and the carrying out of emergency measures.
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The midwife has an important task in health counseling and education, not only for the woman, but also
within the family and community. This work should involve antenatal education and preparation for
parenthood and may extend to women's health, sexual or reproductive health and childcare, and to gain
the knowledge to counteract the lack of pain relivers and antiseptics.[citation needed]
A midwife may practice in any setting including in the home, the community, hospitals, clinics or health
units.

Dress Code

Students are expected to attend class and clinical in professional attire that is appropriate to the setting. All
students will wear the uniform that is required by the preceptor or facility when doing clinicals or births. In
addition: Jewelry will be limited to a watch and 1 pair of small earrings; appropriate shoes will be worn at all
times, hair will be pulled back, braided or covered. Students are expected to maintain a high standard of personal
cleanliness and grooming. All students must be clean, neat, and dress in a modest fashion during class time and
clinicals. «

Midwives Code of Conduct

The NMC would like to remind nurses and midwives that they are personally accountable for their actions
at all times, including how they behave in their personal life”, gosh, it’s almost as if had taken some kind
of vow when I qualified. I can actually dismiss that element as irrelevant if they are referring to illegal
activities, however they should perhaps of been more explicit as there are many aspects of some peoples
personal lives which others may not find professional, or just plain not approve of but they may not affect
a persons competency.
“What may be considered to be letting off steam about a situation at work can potentially be read by
someone who may take offence at the content of a posting.” Who may that someone be? The Secretary of
State for Health; a Trust Chairperson; a unit manager perhaps.
”Nurses and midwives could be putting their registration at risk if posting inappropriate comments about
colleagues or patients or posting any material that could be considered explicit.” Explicit? In what way.
Full frontal nudity perhaps or do they mean failing to maintain confidentiality?
I am really in quite a quandary here. I started my first blog when I was first entering into the new
experience of being a grandmother, with emphasis on how it impacted on me as a midwife. I soon
discovered that people are very interested in midwifery, pregnancy and birth so began including entries
about different aspects of my working life, in part to share but also to educate ( how presumptuous!). Now
I am concerned that I may be on a collision course with my regulatory body, I may be considered to be
‘inappropriate’. I would really welcome some advise here, any supervisors out there who would care to
comment, PLEASE do.

Midwifery Ethics

Midwives provide women and their families with educational, emotional and social support and resources
during pregnancy. Like most professions, midwifery is guided by ethical principles. According to Illysa R.
Foster and Jon Lasser, authors of "Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice," these guidelines help
practitioners make decisions that support the dignity of the client and the midwife and protect the integrity
of the profession as a whole.
Purpose

1. Midwifery ethics serves several purposes. It raises the standard of practice for all midwives and allows
the profession to self-regulate. Midwifery ethics helps identify the responsibilities of midwives with
regard to professional relationships, maintaining education and skills, communicating with clients and
colleagues and decision making. Professions that adopt a code of ethics establish public trust.