Occupation midwifery professional

Midwifery professionals advise, support and control women during normal pregnancies and births.

Tasks

• Give advice and support to women during pre-conception (family planning), antenatal and postnatal periods
• Provide care and management of pregnancy and birth, during and after the birth
• Prescribe medicaments or medical examinations
• Monitor the condition of the mother and foetus during pregnancy and throughout labour
• Evaluate the progress and detects warning signs of abnormal or potentially abnormal pregnancies requiring referral to a medical practitioner
• Give advice and support to women on parenting skills, and babycare and feeding
• Supervise midwifery students, nursing professionals and other health care professionals
• Hold health education classes and seminars to promote mother and infant health
• Offer psychological support to pregnant women
• Coordinate maternity care and care given by other health care workers
• Promote non-intervention in normal childbirth

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