Midwifery
health science and profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn)
English: Midwifery is a branch of health sciences that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn),[1] besides sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives.[2]
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An illustration of normal head-first presentation. The membranes have ruptured and the cervix is fully dilated -
Newborn rests as caregiver checks breath sounds -
A woman giving birth on a birth chair, from a work by German physician Eucharius Rößlin -
Ancient Roman relief carving of a midwife -
Tanzanian midwife weighing an infant and giving advice to the mother -
US Navy midwife checks on a mother
- ↑ Definition of Midwifery. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2015.[dead link]
- ↑ International Definition of the Midwife. International Confederation of Midwives. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved on 2015.