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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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WholeMotherCare (Lynn Flanagan-Till) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:12:01 -0000
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Omg!!! Midwifery today is publishing my homebirth article!!!!
heartsandhandss (Kayce Pearson) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:44:04 -0000
Omg!!! Midwifery today is publishing my homebirth article!!!!
is $8/hour enough to settle for a part time office assistant job in a midwifery? or should I keep looking? hmmmm
stephbird (stephanie lea) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:59:49 -0000
is $8/hour enough to settle for a part time office assistant job in a midwifery? or should I keep looking? hmmmm
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Ladies, if you haven't watched The Business of Being Born, you really should. It's gritty but it'll change your world. I'm sold on midwifery
caseydukes (Casey Dukes) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:17:17 -0000
Ladies, if you haven't watched The Business of Being Born, you really should. It's gritty but it'll change your world. I'm sold on midwifery
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ColleenTheDoula (Colleen Curry) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:14:10 -0000
hoping to teach #birthclasses with 2 #midwifery offices in 2010, and their fave #doula to boot! hard work pays off! www.ColleenTheDoula.com
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Auckland University of Technology - School of Nursing and Midwifery - Programme information.
Birthspirit - Maggie Banks, author of Breech Birth, Woman-Wise and Home Birth Bound which can be ordered from the site. Registration and information for Midwifery Skills for Emergencies courses. Site has a breech birth photo.
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Childbirth at Kate Sheppard Midwifery - Currently a contact listing page for a service in conjunction with specialists available in Auckland.
Meta Description: [ Midwifery - delivering babies, helping doctors delivering babies, post - natal care. antenatal eduction ]
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Midwifery - Course outline and programme details.
Golden Bay Midwifery Services - Services, antenatal classes, and noticeboard for midwives located in Golden Bay.
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Massey University - Midwifery Programme - Course information for study at the Wellington or Palmerston North campus.
New Zealand College of Midwives - Find a midwife or read some related articles; find out about the objectives, services and policies of the school and details on courses of study.
Meta Description: [ Information for midwives on midwifery practice in New Zealand, research, education & training and for childbearing women on birth options, finding a midwife, midwifery care and lead maternity carer options. ]
New Zealand Workforce Statistics 1999 - Nurses and Midwives - New Zealand statistics for the nursing and midwife workforce from 1990 to 1998.
Meta Description: [ New Zealand statistics for the nursing and midwife workforce, 2004. ]
Nursing and Midwifery at Victoria University, Wellington - Postgraduate course information and abstracts for theses and research projects.
Otago Polytechnic - Midwifery - Programme information for the Bachelor of Midwifery, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and the Master of Midwifery.
Sacred Birth - Independent midwives located in the Bay of Islands area providing antenatal clinics, antenatal classes, and midwifery services. All services are free to women.
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Sarah Stewart - Midwifery Lecturer and Midwife - Offers articles on New Zealand midwifery and information regarding her midwifery practice in Dunedin, Otago.
Search for a midwife in New Zealand - Midwife locator. Information on health topics, the latest medical research, and health news.
Meta Description: [ Everybody: the healthcare hub for Kiwis - information on over 250 health topics, New Zealand support groups, the latest medical research and health features. ]
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Waikato Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Midwifery - Midwifery programme offered in Hamilton.
Waterford Birth Centre - A publicly funded, privately operated birth centre in Hamilton. It was established by 3 independent midwives to provide primary maternity services which are free to women. A virtual tour of the facilities is available.
Meta Description: [ River Ridge is a publicly funded, privatly operated Birth Centre in Hamilton New Zealand.It was established by 3 Independant Midwives to provide primary maternity services which are free to women ]
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