Midwifery care is grounded in the understanding that pregnancy is a state of health and that childbirth is a normal physiological process. Midwives recognize pregnancy, labour, and birth as profound life events with deep personal, familial, and community significance, and they work to support and enhance these experiences through continuous, respectful, relationship-based care.
Rooted in a client-centred approach, midwifery integrates the social, emotional, cultural, spiritual, psychological, and physical dimensions of a client’s reproductive journey.
With midwifery care, the client is the centre of the childbirth experience and a great influence on their own and their family’s health and well being. The practice of midwifery fosters self care, growth, awareness, and confidence, and is delivered in ways that are flexible, creative, empowering, and supportive.
Approved by SCM Transitional Council – June 2026