Obstetrics - Midwifery Topic Center
	Nursing and Midwifery Council The Nursing & Midwifery Council ( NMC ) is the UK's regulatory body for the Nursing, Midwifery and Healt... >Read More

Midwifery is a term used to describe several types of health care practitioners, other than physicians, who provide prenatal care to expecting mothers, attend the birth of the infant and provide postpartum care to the mother and infant.

Australian College of Midwives The Australian College of Midwives is the professional organisation representing midwives and midwifery policy in Australia...
Birthing center A birthing center or centre is a healthcare facility, staffed by nurse-midwifery|midwives, midwives and/or...
Breech birth A Breech birth (also known as breech presentation ) refers to the position of the baby in the uterus such t...
Doula A doula is a non-medical assistant in prenatal care, childbirth and during the postpartum period. The word doula...
Home birth Home birth is childbirth that occurs outside a hospital or birthing center setting, usually in the home of the mother. Most...
Homefirst Health Services NPOV Homefirst Health Services , based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is a sizable medical practice and the larges...
Midwifery Midwifery is a term used to describe several types of health care practitioners, other than physicians, who provide prenata...
Natural childbirth The natural childbirth technique attempts to minimize medical intervention, particularly anaesthetics, during childbirth. ...
Neonatal heel prick The neonatal heel prick is a common procedure for taking a blood sample from the heel of newborn infants. The bl...