Midwives
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Prenatal visits mean taking complete medical, surgical, reproductive, and mental health histories, then tracking physical and emotional changes plus fetal growth through heartbeat checks, measurement, and palpation. During labor you watch vital signs and contractions, examine the mother, and look for problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or poor fetal growth. You identify tubal or ectopic pregnancies and refer those patients, follow emergency plans for mother and newborn, and give infants needed care at birth, including resuscitation. Suits people who like close monitoring, steady judgment during labor, and walking patients through findings as conditions change.
Typical education: Post-Secondary Certificate (vocational/technical)
Annual Median Wage in Field (2025)
$65'790
Median Wage Market Position
$65'790
What you might do
- Monitor the mother's condition during labor
- Check fetal growth, heartbeat, and position
- Assess prenatal health throughout the pregnancy
- Care for newborns at birth, including resuscitation
- Treat gestational diabetes, hypertension, or preterm labor
- Take full medical and reproductive histories
Skills that matter
- Watching vitals and contractions during labor
- Checking fetal growth by heartbeat and palpation
- Spotting ectopic pregnancy and referring out
- Resuscitating infants who need help at birth
- Collecting full medical and birth histories
- Building emergency plans for mother and baby
AI & the future of this role
Prenatal visits and childbirth hinge on in-person assessment, hands-on support, and trusted presence during labor. Scheduling and record-keeping tools may ease paperwork, but liability and intimate clinical judgment keep most of the role human-centered.
Does Midwives fit your values?
Take the free LostInCareer assessment to see personalized matches based on your core values—not just a personality label.
Related careers
Includes O*NET® 30.3 Database information by USDOL/ETA under CC BY 4.0; modified by LostInCareer. Wage/outlook from BLS. Attribution details