midwifery
Delivering babies professionally
Midwifery is the practice of assisting women through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
It encompasses prenatal care, delivery support, and newborn care, traditionally performed by midwives rather than physicians.
The field emphasizes natural childbirth and treating pregnancy as a normal process rather than a medical condition: She studied midwifery before opening her own birthing center.
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- parturitionAct of giving birth
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
epidural · placenta · umbilical · crowning · dilation · pushing · breech · vertex
Addressing interconnected wholes
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- physiologicConcerning normal body functions
hands-off · supportive · companionship · positioning · doula · trust · intuition · presence
After childbirth
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- involutionInward-turning process
bonding · newborn · infant · neonatal · colostrum · engorgement · skin-to-skin · latch
Carrying offspring in womb
gravid · antepartum · conception · implantation · quickening · ultrasound · high-risk · low-risk
Attestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- CPMRate per mille
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
clinical · malpractice · autonomous · regulated · traditional · caseload · on-call · preceptor
Medical listening examination
- fetoscopePrenatal heartbeat listener
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- counterpressureForce opposing applied pressure
- hydrotherapyWater-based medical treatment
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- parturitionAct of giving birth
cesarean · epidural · placenta · umbilical · crowning · dilation · pushing · breech · vertex · transition
holistic
Addressing interconnected wholes
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
physiologic · hands-off · supportive · companionship · positioning · doula · trust · intuition · presence
postnatal
After childbirth
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
involution · bonding · newborn · infant · neonatal · colostrum · engorgement · skin-to-skin · latch · rooming-in
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
fetal · gravid · antepartum · conception · implantation · quickening · ultrasound · high-risk · low-risk · gestational
certification
Attestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- CPMRate per mille
apprenticeship · clinical · malpractice · autonomous · regulated · traditional · caseload · on-call · preceptor · credentialing
auscultation
Medical listening examination
- fetoscopePrenatal heartbeat listener
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- counterpressureForce opposing applied pressure
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- disciplinesbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, obstetrician
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- fields of practicemedicine, law, engineering, programming, accounting
midwiferypalliative care
Relief-focused medicine for illness
hospice care · end-of-life care · geriatric care · thanatology · gerontology
- nurse midwifeChildbirth care professional
- Call the MidwifeRequest obstetric assistance