Midwifery's a health care profession where providers give prenatal care to expecting mothers, attend the birth of the infant, and provide postpartum care to the mother and her infant. Practitioners of midwifery are known as midwives, a term used in reference to both women and men (the etymology of midwife's mid = with and wif = wife). Nurse Midwives in the United States (see below) are advance practice nurses (Nurse Practitioners). In addition to giving care to women surrounding pregnancy and bi… (More on Midwifery)