Most of the links on this page have been shared from the Midwives’ Association of Washington State at http://www.washingtonmidwives.org/. Thank you.
Midwives Alliance of North America
Click here to read the Midwives Alliance Position Statements on the following topics:
- Access to Midwifery Care
- Midwifery Certification
- National Health Policy
- The Decriminalization of Midwifery
- Intervention in Childbirth
- The Midwifery Relationship with Women
- Policy Making and Resource Allocation
- Third Party Reimbursement
- Home Birth
- Midwifery Education
Joint Statements
- Supporting Healthy and Normal Physiologic Birth: A Consensus Statement by ACNM, MANA and NACPM (2012)
New Zealand College of Midwives
NZCOM Consensus Statements and Guidelines (below are links to PDF documents)
Royal College of Midwives of the UK
Practice Guidelines (below are links to PDF documents.) This updated Edition of RCM Evidence based guidelines for midwifery-led care in labour (2012) provides midwives with a comprehensive discussion of currently available evidence for UK midwives to follow in practice.
- Introduction
- Birth Environment
- Latent Phase
- Supporting Women in Labour
- Supporting and Involving Women’s Birth Companions
- Immersion in Water for Labour and Birth
- Understanding Pharmacological Pain Relief
- Intermittent Auscultation
- Assessing Progress in Labour
- Rupturing Membranes
- Positions for Labour and Birth
- Persistent lateral and posterior fetal positions at the onset of labour
- Nutrition in labour
- Second Stage of Labour
- Third Stage of Labour
- Care of the Perineum
- Suturing the Perineum
- Immediate Care of the Newborn
- Early Breastfeeding
RCM Position Statements (below are links to PDF documents)
- Abortion Counseling
- Caring for Childbearing Prisoners
- Complementary and alternative therapies
- Domestic abuse: pregnancy, birth and the puerperium
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Infant feeding
- Maternity Support Workers
- Normal childbirth
- Staffing Standard in Midwifery Services
- Smoking in public places
- Woman Centred Care
Joint Statements
- RCM, RCGP &RCOG Consensus statement on the role of the General Practitioner in Maternity Care PDF (Joint Consensus statement with The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) October 2011
- RCOG/RCM statement on umbilical cord blood collection and banking PDF (Joint Statement with Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) August 2011
- Home Births PDF (Joint Statement with Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) April 2007
- Immersion in Water During Labour and Birth PDF (Joint Statement with Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists) April 2006
Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM) Position Statements (below are links to PDF documents)
- Position Statement on Normal Birth January 2010
- Position Statement on Breastfeeding December 2007
- Position Statement on Elective Cesarean Section June 2004
- Position Statement on Home Birth March 2001
Joint Statements
- Joint Statement on Breastfeeding CAM/CNA May 2008
- Joint Statement on Liability Protection for Midwives and Physicians June 2007
