International Day of the Midwife celebrates midwives for all they do each and everyday.
The theme for this year is “Sustainable Midwifery : Caring for Tomorrow’s World”. Sustainable midwifery practices prioritise the well-being of both mother and child while minimising environmental impact, ensuring a healthier future for generations to come.
The midwifery model of care is environmentally friendly. Evidence shows that continuity of midwife care leads to optimal and safe outcomes by using fewer resources, resulting in less medical waste and a reduced ecological footprint. The care provided as midwives also helps ensure that resources and the time and expertise of obstetricians are more available to women with complex care needs.
In lead the up to the new Melton Hospital we will be working collaboratively with our maternity colleagues to improve our model of care to enhance continuity of care to better realise the benefits that it provides by increasing the likelihood of a normal healthy birth and at term, decreasing unnecessary intervention, increase positive experiences of labour and birth and successful breastfeeding.