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Midwife

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AVG. SALARY

$80,920

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EDUCATION

1-2 years post-secondary training

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JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

What They Do

Midwives Career Video

About This Career

Provides prenatal care and childbirth assistance.

This career is part of the Health Science cluster Therapeutic Services pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Monitors maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.
  • Identifies tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refers patients for treatments.
  • Provides necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.
  • Conducts ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.
  • Monitors fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.
  • Establishes and follows emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.
  • Identifies, monitors, or treats pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.
  • Obtains complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.
  • Evaluates patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.
  • Assesses the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
  • Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
  • Exposed to disease and infections more than once a month through work such as patient care, laboratory work, and sanitation control
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
  • Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

  • Irregular hours
  • Weekend work

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Homebirth Midwife
  • Certified Direct-Entry Midwife
  • Birth Center Midwife
  • Lay Midwife
  • Licensed Direct Entry Midwife
  • Licensed Midwife (LM)
  • Licensed and Certified Midwife
  • Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)
  • Licensed Certified Professional Midwife

Contact

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  • 1-800-GO-TO-XAP (1-800-468-6927)
    From outside the U.S., please call +1 (424) 750-3900

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