The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Healthprovided here represent a compilation of current practices that includes evidence-based, traditional, and
empiric care from a wide variety of sources. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Healthare used voluntarily and assume that the practicing women’s
health professional will temper them with sound clinical judgment, knowledge of patient or client preferences, national and local standards, and attention to sound risk
management principles. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Healthare not all-inclusive, and there may be additional safe and reasonable practices that are not included. By accepting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health, midwives and other women’s health professionals are not restricted to their exclusive use.