Ohioans for the Preservation of Traditional Midwifery
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What is the Midwifery Model of Care?
The Midwifery Model of Care
The Midwifery Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes.
The Midwifery Model of Care includes:
• monitoring the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle;
• providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support;
• minimizing technological interventions; and
• identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention.
The application of this woman-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and Cesarean section.
--Midwives Alliance of North America, North American Registry of Midwives, Midwifery Education Accredation Council, and Citizens for Midwifery, May 1996
