A midwife is a trained health professional who helps healthy women during labor, delivery, and after the

birth of their babies. Midwives may deliver babies at birthing centers or at home, but most can also
deliver babies at a hospital. Women who choose them have had no complications during their
pregnancy

A midwife is a professional in midwifery. Their education and training equips them to recognise the
variations of normal progress of labor, and understand how to deal with deviations from normal

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Midwife: job description. Midwives deliver babies and provide antenatal and postnatal advice, care and
support to women, their babies, their partners and families. Midwives need the ability to deal with
emotionally charged situations as part of their everyday work.

IS A MIDWIFE SAME AS A DOCTOR?

he first difference when comparing OB/GYNs and midwives is their medical training. OB/GYNs complete
four years of medical school followed by four years of residency. The education plan for a Certified
Nurse Midwife (CNM) is quite different. ... However, nurse midwives cannot provide all the services that
a doctor can

WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO BECOME A MIDWIFE?

excellent listening and communication skills.

practical skills.

the ability to inspire trust and confidence.

the ability to remain calm under pressure.

teamwork skills and the ability to work on your own initiative.

excellent organisational and time management skills.

WHY IS A MIDWIFE IMPORTANT?

Midwives play an instrumental role to introduce women to the health system and ensure that women
and their babies receive a continuum of skilled care during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the important
days and weeks after birth. Yet millions of women give birth without the support of trained midwives.

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF A MIDWIFE?

There are many personal qualities and skills needed to be a midwife, including:

an understanding and caring attitude.

an ability to get on well with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

emotional and mental strength.

good observation.

an ability to act on own initiative.

patience.

maturity.

brief History of Midwifery in Philippines

Mrs. Leoncia Chuatoco

New Zealand

In ancient Egypt, midwifery was a recognized female occupation, as attested by the Ebers Papyrus
which dates from 1900 to 1550 BCE. Five columns of this papyrus deal with obstetrics and gynecology,
especially concerning the acceleration of parturition and the birth prognosis of the newborn.

The PHIMIDAS held its first national convention sometime on August of 1961.

Eventually it resulted to the formation of the National Federation of Filipino Midwives (NFFM).

According to the definition of the International Confederation of Midwives, which has also been
adopted by the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Gynecology and
Obstetrics:

Brief History of Midwifery in the Philippines and World

History of Midwifery in the Philippines

- The midwife is an obstetrical and religious specialist all at once. She provides prenatal care, massage,
attends delivery, and takes care "takes charge of" mother and child after birth.

The Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines (IMAP), Inc. was created and was accredited
by the Professional Regulation Commission on September 5, 1975.
- When Republic Act No. 2382 or the “Medical Act of 1959” was approved, the regulation of midwifery
was separated from medicine. A Board of Examiners for Midwives was subsequently created with the
enactment of Republic Act No. 2644 on June 18, 1960.

- In 1992, IMAP, Inc. launched the Scholarship Program to benefit the poor, but deserving children of
bona fide IMAP members and the IMAP, Inc.

- They are called vroedvrouw (knowledge woman, female midwives).

Midwifery in the different part of the World

- Midwives are the third most powerful leaders in the community, and the most powerful among
women.

"A midwife is a person who, having been regularly admitted to a midwifery educational program that
is duly recognized in the country in which it is located, has successfully completed the prescribed
course of studies in midwifery and has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or
legally licensed to practice midwifery."

- Dr. Jose Fabella founded the first school of midwifery in May 1922.

The NFFM was formally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 22,
1961

Presented by:

- In 1947, a number of midwifery graduates from all over the country initiated an alumni association
to improve the midwifery profession. The organization then was known as, the "Philippine Midwifery
Association (PHIMIDAS)." It was headed by Atty. Angelina I. Ponce.

Mary Joy C. Salmingo

- The association worked for the distance learning, or open university program of the Bachelor of
Science in Community Health Service at the "Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila" (PLM) and Trinity
College, Quezon City.

The practice of midwifery was first regulated in the Philippines with the enactment of Public Act No.
310 on December 4, 1901. The law created the Medical Board of Examiners which regulated both the
medicine and midwifery professions.

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Midwifery in Greco-Roman antiquity covered a wide range of women, including old women who
continued folk medical traditions in the villages of the Roman Empire, trained midwives who garnered
their knowledge from a variety of sources, and highly trained women who were considered female
physicians

The PHIMIDAS

- Dr. Fabella aimed to supplant the unlicensed midwives by training young women in midwifery. High
school graduates were accepted to train in midwifery in one year.

"the woman with (the mother at birth), the woman assisting"

- The Maya believe that being pregnant is to be "yawa", meaning ill.

- People say that they give life to a child as the majority of tribal areas have no doctors. Midwives also
solve problems between women.

Midwives are primary care providers for women in all stages of pregnancy, from prenatal to six weeks
postpartum. Midwives also care for newborns.
- The first Board was composed of Valeriano B. Fugoso Jr. as Chairman and Vicenta Castro-Ponce and
Angelina I. Ponce as Members.

The term midwife is derived from Middle English: midwyf literally "with-woman"

Midwifery in Different Part of the World

United Kingdom

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- Apart from childbirth and immediate postpartum care, midwives are the first line of care in
pregnancy control and education of mothers-to-be. Typical information that is given to mothers
includes information about food, alcohol, life style, travel, hobbies, sex, etc

United States

Valeriano B. Fugoso Jr. as Chairman

- Midwives in the United States provide assistance to childbearing women during pregnancy, labor
and birth, and the postpartum period. Before the turn of the 20th Century, traditional midwives were
informally trained and helped deliver almost all births.

Netherlands

Agnodice or Agnodike

was the earliest historical apocryphal, and likely midwife mentioned among the ancient Greeks.

British Columbia

- IMAP, Inc. was formally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 1976.
Balochistan

(Tribal Pakistan)

- This school was named Maternity and Children's Hospital.

Midwives provide maternity care from early pregnancy to 6 weeks postpartum. The midwifery scope
of practice covers normal pregnancy and birth. The midwife will either consult or transfer care where
there is a departure from a normal pregnancy.

Dr. Jose Fabella

Maya of Guatamela

- Midwives are practitioners in their own right in the United Kingdom, and take responsibility for the
antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care of women, up until 28 days after the birth, or as required
thereafter

Brief History

In the early years, Midwifery as a profession was relatively unknown until Dr. Jose Fabella, founded
the first school of midwifery in May 1992 – the Maternity and Children’s Hospital (now called Dr. Jose
Fabella Memorial Hospital).

Dr. Fabella spearheaded the organization of the premier school of midwifery in the country with the
foremost objective of training young women in midwifery to gradually supplant the unlicensed
midwives. High school graduates were accepted to train in midwifery for one year. From thereon, the
services of graduate midwives were actively utilized in the health care community. Cognizant of the
need to further improve midwifery education, the one year course was expanded to one-year and six
month course with additional training on domicillary service.

Thereafter, the midwifery profession has reached a high standard and its activities have, increased in
scope. As a result, a group of dynamic midwives recognized the need to organize an organization of
midwives who can serve, train and provide health service and education among colleagues and the
community.
It was in 1947 when the Philippine Midwifery Association was born, headed by Atty. Angelina C.
Ponce. It was composed of members from graduates of midwifery schools in the country with the aim
of improving midwifery and education.

In August 1961, the Philippine Midwifery Association held its first national convention, an eventful
occasion that brought members of the Association together for the first time. with the theme of
“Better Midwifery Service Through Cooperative Undertaking”, the convention was attended by then
President of the Philippines, His Excellency Carlos P. Garcia. During the convention, there was a schism
resulting in the formation of another organization called the Federation of Filipino Midwives.

The National Federation of Filipino Midwives was formally registered at the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 22, 1961. The new association led by Mrs. Leoncia Chuatoco aimed to have a
more progressive profession and for better service to the citizens of our nation. The association
organized its 1st annual convention October 28, 1962 at YMCA Family Pavillon, with the theme of
“The Role of Midwives In The Nation’s Growth”.

In June 17, 1974, through the efforts of Mrs. Elisea Velasquez Loanzon, then acting President of the
National Federation of Filipino Midwives (NFFM), Presidential Proclamation No. 1275, “ DECLARING
THE PERIOD FROM October 22-26, 1974, AND THE THIRD WEEK OF October of EVERY YEAR
THEREAFTER AS MIDWIFERY WEEK” was passed. This is in grateful recognition of the midwives
contribution in the promotion of maternal and child health services in the country.

Through the years, the association have made considerable growth in increasing the membership so
much so that the midwifery associations were integrated and accredited by the Professional
Regulation Commission and thus became known as the Integrated Midwives Association of the
Philippines (IMAP), Inc.. The integration was done possible through the efforts of Dr. Ricardo B.
Gonzales then Chairman, Board of Midwifery, Professional Regulation Commission.

It was on March 17, 1976 that the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines was registered
at Securities & Exchange Commission.

The Association was led by distinguished presidents from 1976 who have given a special dimension to
the growth of the Association with their varied expertise.
Through the efforts of the previous president, Mrs. Alice Sanz de la Gente, IMAP, Inc. became an
active member of the International Confederation of Midwives based in London, England.

WHO STARTED MIDWIFERY?

FNS was founded by Mary Breckinridge, who worked as a public health nurse for the Red Cross in
France at the end of World War I. While overseas, she encountered British nurse-midwives, who had
the combination of training she considered needed to help poor families in Kentucky

WHERE DID MIDWIVES ORIGINATE FROM?

The word derives from Old English mid, "with" and wif, "woman", and thus originally meant "with-
woman", that is, the person who is with the mother (woman) at childbirth. The word is used to refer
to both male and female midwives.

WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY?

A brief history of midwifery. Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers, known as
midwives, who can be both men and women, offer care for childbearing women during pregnancy,
labor and birth, and during the postpartum period. ... In ancient Egypt, midwifery was a recognized
female occupation.

WHO IS THE FATHER OF MIDWIFERY?

William smellie (1697-1763) is called the father of British midwifery.