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Significance to Midwifery

Midwives have historically attempted to maintain recent medical standards and provide their
clientele with the safest and most satisfying birth outcomes in the most natural atmosphere doable.
In accordance to the American School of Nurse-Midwives(2007) the hallmarks of care include
recognizing birth as a standard physiologic approach, empowerment of women, advocacy for
informed option, shared selection-building, and the suitable to self-determination. As this kind of,
midwives are interested in providing laboring women sound guidance based on effectively-intended
and implemented analysis studies concerning their alternatives of consuming and drinking whilst in
labor. Encouraging a female to consume or drink what she chooses throughout labor assists the
mom keep a adequate energy level, boost her sense of control, and retain a constructive mindset in
the course of the method.
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