Articles of category "Midwives"

Midwives services are recommended to those women who are going to have uncomplicated labor. Midwives functions are to support the woman, to help her with physical positioning during the labor. Midwives are also supposed to serve the psychological aspect of the labor. They are to encourage the woman to trust in her own instincts as well as to take her own decisions.

Midwives information tells that in the past a lot of women died because of midwives' ignorance. There was a campaign headed by medical doctors against the midwives' model of care. After the campaign the rate of the births assisted by midwives dropped drastically. 1933 is the year when the first American school for midwives was founded. Today they can get bachelor's, master's and even doctor's degrees.