Know Your Profession

Do you want to be a midwife?

What qualifications do you have to get in order to be admitted as a midwife?
What kind of personality should a midwife have?

A. Snapshots

A B

C D

Can you guess what does the midwife tell the woman in each picture above?
A: Your baby is healthy mom
B: Later when delivery follow my
C: Your baby is kicking
D: Dont forget to eat nutritous food

B. Vocabulary Building

patient friendly considerate fussy ignorant bad-tempered

cynical knowledgeable nimble organized sociable compassionate

 tall Polite impatient energetic discipline moody

nice fainthearted good-looking reliable charming wishy-washy

Which of the above personalities that best describe a good midwife?

Patient, friendly, considerate, knowladgeable, nimble, socialble,
compassionate, polite, discipline, polite, reliable

Which personalities that best describe you?

Discipline friendly reliable friendly considerate

Write about yourself in the box

I am a reliable person

I am very friendly

I am not impatient person

C. Reading

Midwifery is the health science and health profession. It deals with care of women

during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum period. It involves antenatal education and
preparation for parenthood. It also extends to certain areas of gynecology, family
planning and child care. Working as a midwife, you have to stay calm and alert in
times of stress. You have to enable women to feel confident and in control. When
something goes wrong, you have to be ready to react quickly and effectively.

Check True or False

1. Midwifery only deals with pregnancy [F]

2. Geology is a part of health science [F]
3. As a midwife you have to stay calm and alert [T]
4. Being confident is important [T]
5. Midwife should help women to be quick [T]