• The healthy female body is designed to give birth without intervention in
  most cases
• As birth attendants, our role is to be your "lifeguard":
  Watching and assisting as needed
  
• Women should be treated as healthy until proven otherwise.
  
• In empowering a woman by educating her about her options and including
  her in decision making.
• In minimizing risks in a normal pregnancy and labor by elimination of interventions which increase risks.
• In being prepared and ready for any unforeseen complication.
• In labor and delivery in the Midwifery Model of Care.

The Midwifery Model of Care

The Midwifery Model of Care is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life events. The Midwifery 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 has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.