2023-04-17 11:20:05
TESTIMONIALS – They are best known for following pregnant women and helping them give birth. But that’s only part of their business.
A teenage girl, a young man or an elderly lady in a midwife’s waiting room? This might come as a surprise, as it is too often thought that the field of action of these health professionals is limited to maternity.
But the skills of midwives are much broader: « They know everything about a woman’s physiology and can act from the beginning of her affective life until peri-menopause and beyond. Thanks to their studies, currently lasting five years (six from the start of the next school year), they are competent in gynecology and obstetrics, handing over to the doctor in the event of pathology. »confirms Isabelle Derrendinger, president of the Council of the Order of Midwives and responsible for their training
Right of limitation
Their skills in gynecology have been recognized since 2009, but too few French women know that midwives can also prescribe contraception, insert an IUD or an implant, screen for gynecological cancers, etc.
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