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Midwives

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NOC 2021: 31303 / NOC 2016: 3124

Midwives may be also be called:

  • Nurse-Midwife
  • Licensed midwife
  • Registered midwife
  • Childbirth assistant

What Would I Do?

Midwives provide full-course care to women and their babies during the pre- and post-natal period.

As a midwife, your duties can include:

  • provide primary, full-course, care to women and their babies during pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-natal period including monitoring the health of mother and baby
  • provide advice to the mother on diet, exercise and breastfeeding
  • manage labour and spontaneous normal deliveries
  • care for, assess and monitor the health of newborns and refer infants to appropriate medical services as required
  • provide advice and guidance regarding care for newborns and young infants