Midwifery Care
Midwives are with birthing people and their families through the transitions of childbearing.
Midwives provide individualized and respectful prenatal, birth, and postpartum care for healthy mothers and infants.
When a woman or baby’s needs fall outside our scope of practice, midwives refer to other qualified practitioners.
In midwifery care, mothers, midwives, and families are partners in creating a healthy pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Midwives provide excellent clinical care and education with a focus on informed choice, honoring the pregnant person and family as the center of the process.
Midwifery care is grounded in the belief that pregnancy and childbirth are normal life processes.
Midwives take the time to know their clients and provide personalized care that is responsive to the values and goals of each mother and family.
Midwives Model of Care
“The Midwives Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes.
The Midwives Model of Care includes:
- Monitoring the physical, psychological, and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle
- Providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support
- Minimizing technological interventions
- Identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention
The application of this woman-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.”
Citizens for Midwifery
Citizens for Midwifery is another resource for those interested in community birth.
