Midwives In South Africa
Midwives in South Africa are nurses who focus on the care of Pregnancy, pregnant women and the delivery of babies. Midwives have the ability to work independently in cases of healthy pregnancies and problem-free deliveries; however, they can refer patients to Gynaecology, gynaecologists or Obstetrics, obstetricians when complications are diagnosed.The South African Nursing Council. www.sanc.co.za 5 June 2017. The majority of pregnant women in South Africa use the public healthcare system, and most of this care is provided by midwives.N.Abrahams, R.Jewkes, Z.Mvo. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health.Health Care–Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women and the Role of the Midwife in Cape Town, South Africa.Volume 46, Issue 4 July–August 2001, Pages 240–247. History The first registered nurse-midwife in the world was Sister Louisa Jane Barrett, who received training in Kimberley, South Africa, in 1891. There is almost no documentation as to who attended to births in South Africa ...
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but can also occur through assisted reproductive technology procedures. A pregnancy may end in a live birth, a miscarriage, an induced abortion, or a stillbirth. Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from the start of the last menstrual period (LMP), a span known as the gestational age. This is just over nine months. Counting by fertilization age, the length is about 38 weeks. Pregnancy is "the presence of an implanted human embryo or fetus in the uterus"; implantation occurs on average 8–9 days after fertilization. An '' embryo'' is the term for the developing offspring during the first seven weeks following implantation (i.e. ten weeks' gestational age), after which the term ''fetus'' is used until birth. Signs an ...
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