Massachusetts Midwives Alliance
Practice Guidelines
 

 The Midwives Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes. The Midwives Model of Care includes: • monitoring the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle; • providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support; • minimizing technological interventions; and • identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention. The application of this woman-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.