How do they match: Midwives

  • Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.
  • Collect specimens for use in laboratory tests.
  • Compile and evaluate clinical practice statistics.
  • Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
  • Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
  • Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
  • Provide comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions such as massage, breathing techniques, hydrotherapy, or music.
  • Provide information about community health and social resources.
  • Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.

  • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.