The core skills needed to be a midwife includes having the ability to naturally deliver infants - even if the mother had a C-section before. Knowing emergency management methods will also be required of midwives. This means knowing how to repair a torn perineum, labor induction, and relieving pain using epidural and inserting IV drips for other medications. The midwife is also expected to follow the ethical guidelines of the state they're working in; this means that midwives are required to know the federal and state regulations for the parents' choices for the baby's delivery.
As a midwife, you will have to be able to determine what the best course of action to take in order to better care for the mother and her infant. You will have to use individual plans and make evaluations of the kind of care needed throughout the progress of the pregnancy; having expert knowledge of the body's defense mechanism, cardiovascular lymphatic and respiratory systems. Also, you will have to know about the reproductive systems for both sexes, skeletal, muscular, endocrine, urinary, nervous and digestive systems. Having thorough knowledge of child and fetal development is also necessary.
Having good communication skills and giving professional support is required. Having an eye for detail and the ability to remain calm and aware during situations that are difficult and stressful will be needed, especially during labor and delivery procedures.
