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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Midwives Midwives come under the canon law of the Church in their relation towards two of the sacraments, baptism and matrimony. As regards the sacrament of baptism the office of midwives is of the highest importance. The former are reminded that, as midwives in conferring baptism act in place of the parish priest, he is strictly bound to in form himself whether they have sufficient knowledge to administer the sacrament validly. www.newadvent.org /cathen/10287a.htm   (432 words)

Midwives Midwives also focus on the psychological aspects of how the mother-to-be feels about her pregnancy and the actual birth experience. Midwives generally spend a lot of time with a woman during prenatal visits addressing her individual concerns and needs, and will stay with her as much as possible throughout labor. Midwives' patients use electronic fetal monitoring less often and tend to have a reduced need for epidurals, episiotomies, and cesarean sections for successful deliveries. kidshealth.org /parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/midwives.html   (1423 words)

MAWS: What is a Midwife? Midwives are the primary health care providers in most countries where birth is an integral part of family life. Midwives strive to empower parents with knowledge and support their right to create the birth experience which is best for them. Midwives respect intimacy, privacy, and family integrity, and draw on their own patience and understanding to provide care during pregnancy and birth. www.washingtonmidwives.org /midwife_define.shtml   (637 words)

Weaving a Cultural Exchange: Midwives Working Together The goal of culturally sensitive training programs for traditional midwives in developing nations is not to replace traditional midwifery with a bio-medical model, but to foster a respectful relationship that encourages the healthy exchange of ideas between the two models and allows midwives and women the information they need to make their own decisions. The underlying framework of the midwifery/holistic model is the understanding and value of connection; the understanding of relatedness of the body and mind, mother and infant, midwife and woman, woman and her social context. Midwives are uniquely suited to create a fruitful exchange of ideas between cultural birth systems, evaluate practices based on an evidence based midwifery/holistic model and have a positive impact on international attitudes toward midwives, training and public policy. www.childbirthsolutions.com /articles/worldbirth/guatemala/index.php?ag=on   (1449 words)

About Alabama Friends of Midwives We approach these events with respect for the right of families to choose the circumstance of their births, respect for midwives as the professionals most capable in attending normal births, and respect for doctors as the professionals most qualified to monitor difficult or surgical births. Midwives practicing in Alabama are offering care in both urban and rural areas, and to all socioeconomic groups. The cost of a midwife-assisted birth is significantly less than that of a hospital birth, and numerous scientific studies have shown midwifery and home birth to be at least as safe as physician assisted hospital births for the vast majority of mothers and babies. www.merrill.org /midwives/about.html   (307 words)

midwifery, midwives, nurse midwives Midwives recognize that birth is a natural process, not a disease. Midwives respect the decisions made by each family about the birth experience and make every attempt to abide by those decisions, as long as the safety of the mother and child are preserved. Midwives are always available to listen to the many concerns of an expectant family, and respond to those concerns. www.clevelandclinic.org /obgyn/conditions_services/birthing_center/midwifery.htm   (725 words)

About Georgia Friends of Midwives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Direct-entry midwives are independent practitioners educated in the discipline of midwifery through self-study, apprenticeship, formal midwifery school, or a college- or university-based program distinct from the discipline of nursing. Midwives are the most cost effective and appropriate primary care givers for all childbearing women in all instances and in all settings. Midwives emphasize the responsibility of the mother to lead a healthy lifestyle, and continuously apply risk screening criteria to ensure that only those women determined to be low-risk proceed with plans for a midwife-attended home birth. www.gamidwifery.org /about.html   (1518 words)

The Homebirth Choice - by Jill Cohen and Marti Dorsey Midwives are becoming more and more involved with birthing families and have been instrumental in redefining birth as a natural event in women's lives. Midwives have varying levels of expertise and styles, therefore it is important to choose a midwife with whom you feel confident and compatible. Midwives include the family during prenatal care, inviting them to ask questions and to listen to the baby's heartbeat. www.midwiferytoday.com /articles/homebirthchoice.asp   (2891 words)

Womancare Midwives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Midwives in Ontario are required to be registered with the College of Midwives of Ontario. Midwives believe that unnecessary intervention is an interruption of a normal process, however, they support the appropriate use of technology. Midwives in Ontario attend births in a variety of settings including home and hospital and are fully funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health. www.midwives.on.ca   (216 words)

Midwives among the machines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Although midwives failed to gain access to tools of modern obstetrics, the attempt by midwives to bring the technology of medicine to the tradition of midwifery must be seen as a prudent strategy to preserve and extend their profession. Midwives are part of the primary care system of the Netherlands, the so-called 'first line.' As such, they have the authority to decide which women can remain in the first line - giving birth at home or having a 'polyclinic' short-stay, birth - and which must see a specialist. Midwives supervise the majority of these births, but the trend is troubling because it reflects a growing faith in obstetric technology and because, in the polyclinic, not only do midwives feel less free to exercise their profession, but there is a higher rate of transfer to specialist care. www.stolaf.org /people/devries/docs/midwifery.html   (8092 words)

Well Mother Courses for Midwives and Doulas Some midwives who have already been on the six day courses are currently assessing the effects of their new skills in their midwifery practice. The skills that are particularly relevant to midwives are; awareness of posture, breathing, movement and exercise, relaxation and touch. Midwives and doulas will learn practical skills which can be immediately applied to practice. www.btinternet.com /~wellmother/midwives.htm   (1560 words)

Independent Midwives Association :: Independent Midwives Association Independent Midwives are fully qualified midwives who, in order to practice the midwife's role to its fullest extent, have chosen to work outside the NHS in a self employed capacity, although we support its aims and ideals. All practising midwives must adhere to the Midwives' Rules which are enshrined in the 1902 Midwives Act of Parliament and subsequent amendments. All independent midwives are subject to yearly supervisory visits and equipment checks and must notify their NHS appointed Supervisor of Midwives of their "Intention to Practise" each April. www.independentmidwives.org.uk   (257 words)

Midwives-Your Best Bet Many physicians, in response to the findings of the reports, placed the blame on the midwives claiming that midwives were "ignorant", "dirty", untrained and a threat to the safety of childbearing women. Many physicians and public health advocates spoke up for the midwives and their excellent statistics, but the prestige of the anti-midwife physicians and the strong push to move births into the hospitals far over-shadowed their voices. Additionally, in states where Direct Entry Midwives are not licensed or Direct Entry Midwifery is prohibited, many births either go unreported or are reported as unattended or the category of midwife is absent from the birth certificate. www.midwives.net /hsh/your_best_bet.html   (461 words)

Womancare Midwives: Our Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Womancare Midwives are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to clients for immediate concerns and emergencies. Midwives are primary caregivers, and are able to order the necessary laboratory work and tests for safe care during a normal pregnancy. As registered midwives, we follow College of Midwives of Ontario protocols for consultation and transfer of care. www.midwives.on.ca /services.html   (397 words)

More midwives pursuing higher education - Aug. 29, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) BAGUIO CITY -- More midwives in the country are getting their masteral and doctoral studies to uplift the quality of service that they give to communities that don't have access to medical workers. She said the midwives were not only trained to deliver babies as what was required of them when midwifery was still a vocational course but were also trained now to manage the community. The midwives are trained not to go abroad and are provided with the profession they need, she said. www.inq7.net /reg/2003/aug/29/reg_6-1.htm   (410 words)

Choosing a certified nurse-midwife Other midwives are direct-entry midwives, who generally deliver babies at home. Midwives are an appealing option for women who want a more individualized, less routine approach to childbirth than many traditional obstetricians provide. They use direct entry midwives almost exclusively in Holland, where the infant mortality rate is the lowest in the industrialized world and their Cessarian rate is also. www.babycenter.com /refcap/pregnancy/prenatalhealth/322.html   (1499 words)

BBC NEWS | Health | Midwives warn of staff shortages The college says the pressure on staff in England is driving midwives to leave the profession and deterring trained staff who have already left the NHS from returning to work. And earlier this month a leading doctor warned that a lack of midwives was contributing to the number of babies suffering brain damage at birth. Recent research showed that out of the 5,744 midwives working in the NHS this year, 550 had joined in the last 12 months but 531 had left, making a net gain of just 19 more staff. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/1046405.stm   (505 words)

Midwives battle myths and fight for respect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Midwives have two theories as to why: Because of persistent images of medieval midwives conjuring potions and swathing women in wet towels as they writhe and scream in labor from a dark bedroom; and because birth has become a medical, instead of natural, event. That's part of the education families so desperately need, say midwives -- identifying the different types of midwives and their different philosophies, knowing that using a midwife does not have to mean birthing at home, and understanding the training and education midwives receive to become certified. The Massachusetts bill to establish a board of midwives overseeing all certifications is the first of its kind in the nation, said Ms. www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010617/LI_001.htm   (1610 words)

Types of Midwives/3 of 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Midwives work with physicians and hospit als in those few instances where emergency intervention is needed. Recent studies * have shown women under the care of midwives experience fewer cesarean sections, less invasive procedures, fewer premature births, and report a gr eater satisfaction with their birth experience then those delivered by doctors. Midwives on the average spend more time with clients and are able to give personal, individualized care. www.efn.org /~djz/birth/mwtype/mwtype3.html   (455 words)

Midwives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20) Midwives generally have agreements with another midwife to be their backup and will also have a backup doctor. The midwives are certainly very supportive of anyone who wants to have a non-medicated birth. The practice is good so long as you need only the midwives (Karina was there for my delivery and she is fabulous). www.parkslopeparents.com /community/healthcare/pregnancy/midwives/default.aspx   (2435 words)

CfM ~ Supporting The Midwives Model of Care Midwives in the U.S. There are two main categories of midwives in the U.S., nurse-midwives, who are trained in both nursing and midwifery, and direct entry midwives, who trained as midwives without being nurses first. Direct entry midwives include highly trained and very competent midwives; however, anyone may call herself a midwife at this time, and if you are looking for a midwife, it is up to you to find out if the midwife is qualified and experienced to your satisfaction. Almost all direct entry midwives have their own businesses; the majority of nurse-midwives are employees of hospitals or doctors or birth centers and even those in private practice must of necessity be closely aligned with one or more doctor practices - relatively few are entrepreneurs in the way that most direct entry midwives are. www.cfmidwifery.org /Resources/Item.aspx?ID=13   (2227 words)

Welcome to midwives.hu We welcome professionals who in their professional capacity participate in pregnancy, delivery, and pre-, post-natal physical and psychological care: midwives, nurses, infant care specialists, gynecologists, obstetricians, physical therapists, trained care givers, neonatal and epidemiologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, mental hygiene professionals. For this reason we would like to talk with the midwives about their birthing experiences, how important it is to contemplate the process and if significant, how it can best be processed. It is a particularly opportune time as Hungary joined the EU, that the role of the midwife be defined in Hungary and to investigate further the possibilities for their role. www.midwives.hu   (465 words)

Association of Ontario Midwives | Now and Then Many midwives charged according to a sliding scale, dependent on client income, which ranged from $400 to $1400 for care during pregnancy, labour and birth and the postpartum period. Midwives are part of the midwifery, obstetrical or family practice department at their local hospital, and take an active part in research, policies and standards affecting maternal and newborn care. Although many informal relationships existed between midwives, doctors and nurses, midwives were often viewed as being outside of the healthcare system and seen as somewhat of a "fringe" service. www.aom.on.ca /About/Now_and_Then.aspx   (430 words)

BBC - Derby - Features - Derby's Desperate Midwives Midwives from Derby City General Hospital have their five minutes of fame... The makers of the documentary say Desperate Midwives is an unflinching portrayal of the blood, sweat and tears of labour; including never-seen-before footage of epidurals, C-section operations, and the actual moment of birth. Desperate Midwives is a three part series on BBC Three (Monday, 23rd May at 21:00 - Wednesday, 25th May at 23:05 - Thursday, 26th May at 22:30). www.bbc.co.uk /derby/content/articles/2005/05/20/entertainment_bbc_3_desperate_midwives_at_derby_city_general_hospital_feature.shtml   (216 words)

International Confederation of Midwives :: Healthy Women, Healthy Babies, Healthy Nations To advance worldwide the aims and aspirations of midwives in the attainment of improved outcomes for women, their newborns and families during the childbearing cycle, using the ICM midwifery philosophy and model of care. The Confederation works to develop the role of the midwife as a practitioner in her own right by advancing the provision of maternity care and thereby improving the standard of care provided to mothers, babies and the family throughout the countries of the world. ICM also supports and advises associations of midwives in liaison with their governments, and represents midwifery to international bodies and agencies in meetings, consultations and in direct relationships with the heads or governing bodies of such organisations. www.internationalmidwives.org   (308 words)

Independent Midwives in the UK Many of these midwives specialise in home birth, and they are often experienced in more complex cases such as home birth after caesarean, or breech or twin birth at home or in hospital. Women who have hired independent midwives often comment that it gave them great confidence to know that their midwife was committed to helping them give birth they way they wanted to. Many of the women who hire independent midwives are by no means well off, but they believe it is worth making sacrifices to give themselves and their babies the best chance of the birth they want. www.homebirth.org.uk /indmid.htm   (1479 words)

Choosing your health care provider for pregnancy - MayoClinic.com Midwives provide preconception, maternity and postpartum care for women at low risk of complications during pregnancy. In general, midwives follow the principle that pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy, personal events until proven otherwise. Midwives may practice solo but often are part of a group practice, such as a team of obstetric care providers. mayoclinic.com /invoke.cfm?objectid=244C5F19-F647-47D4-91B8ECB9B249DEA7   (1870 words)

The North American Registry of Midwives Created in 1987 by the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), NARM is committed to identifying standards and practices that reflect the excellence and diversity of the independent midwifery community, in order to set the standard for midwifery. NARM affirms the autonomy of independent midwives, the critical importance of their role as guardians of normal birth and the value of their compassionate, skilled and woman-centered care. The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) and the Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council (MEAC) have joined together to create this international, direct-entry midwifery credential to preserve the woman-centered forms of practice that are common to midwives attending out-of-hospital births. www.narm.org /htb.htm   (2966 words)

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