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