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Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting at childbirth. In the modern context, this term is used to describe the activities of health care givers who provide prenatal care to expecting mothers, 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 the woman") regardless of the educational background or legal status of the practitioner.
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Links
- On-Line Birth Center
- Resources for midwives, nurses, doulas, childbirth educators, doctors, and parents.
- Waterbirth International
- Find a midwife with the International Waterbirth Referral Service. A resource for information and waterbirth products. Birth tub rentals, sales, and conference information.
- Midwife's Dream
- Collection of articles and links from Midge Jolly, midwife.
- Midwifery Information
- Clarifies what a midwife is, does, and the different types. It provides helpful questions to ask your provider and answers FAQs.
- NMAP Gateway
- Annotated, searchable database of links.
- Midwifery Today Articles
- Learn about pregnancy, birth, midwifery, herbs, drugs and alternative medicine.
- Ask Your Midwife
- Advice on pregnancy, childbirth, STDs, infertility and gynecology with articles and discussion boards, moderated by Elizabeth Stein, a certified nurse midwife in New York City.
- BirthSupplies.com
- Equipment for homebirth midwives, including birthkits, birthing supplies, videos, books, and miscellaneous baby products, including fetoscopes.
- Cassandra Garcia
- Protocols for midwives prepared by a midwife and legal nurse consultant. Service details, pricing, and curriculum vitae.
- Gentle Birth
- Collection of midwifery articles and resources and links to online research articles. Detailed aspects of pregnancy and childbirth and a perspective on homebirth. Northern California resources and services for midwives and expectant mothers, and notes for midwives.
- MidwifeInfo
- Provides resources to midwives, students and consumers. Includes a glossary, database of midwives, conference information and a forum.
- Midwifery Resources
- Includes FAQS, bulletin board, chat, vast resource of links, visitor pregnancy albums. Maintained by a registered midwife.
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Midwifery Education
- With Woman School of Midwifery
- Workshops in beginning midwifery and clinical skills needed for doulas, childbirth educators, and apprentices.
