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Mrs. Smith was licensed to practice midwifery by the state in the late 1940s, after Alabama began to regulate lay midwives. [18] At the time, becoming a registered midwife in Smith's home of Greene County, Alabama required either a state-run month-long lay midwifery training course or a nurse-midwifery education that could take several years. [18]
A midwife (pl.: midwives) is a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth, a specialisation known as midwifery.. The education and training for a midwife concentrates extensively on the care of women throughout their lifespan; concentrating on being experts in what is normal and identifying conditions that need further evaluation.
There are five different types of midwives. There is a certified nurse-midwife who must obtain a high level of education, either bachelors or masters in midwifery, after becoming a nurse. Nurse-midwives can serve in most birthing centers, hospitals, and can have a private home birth practice. Then there is a Certified Professional Midwife.
IU Health midwives, including the newest team of midwives at IU Health Ball, are experts in women’s health. Our midwives provide individualized care through all stages of a woman’s life.
The Royal College of Midwives is now calling for ‘substantial and sustained investment’ in higher education. Midwife education facing ‘unprecedented’ challenges Skip to main content
A direct-entry midwife is a midwife who has become credentialed without first becoming a nurse. There are direct-entry midwifery programs that prepare students to become Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) or Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). [1] [2] Certified Professional Midwives are known for being "more natural and less intervention ...
A retired midwife has launched free antenatal and postnatal sessions at a community centre in the east of the Isle of Man. Jan Ulyatt, who says she wants to help prepare women for labour ...
Midwifery-led care has effects including the following: [8] a reduction in the use of epidurals, with fewer episiotomies or instrumental births. a longer mean length of labour as measured in hours; increased chances of being cared for in labour by a midwife known by the childbearing woman; increased chances of having a spontaneous vaginal birth