Introduction: There are different models of midwifery for women and children during pregnancy, birth and postpartum period. The model of continuous midwifery care involves management and implementation of comprehensive and integrated treatment provided by one midwife, a group of midwives, or is shared with different professionals through the management and implementation of the treatment. Women are provided with appropriate support and understanding during midwifery treatment, while the midwife offers her personal contact and closeness. By establishing trust, a woman feels much more comfortable and is more confident in her midwife's competencies. Midwives are also more satisfied with this model, as it offers them a greater sense of autonomy and personal and professional growth. Purpose: The purpose of the final work was to present an introduction to the different models of midwifery care, and to describe continuous midwifery care. In this paper we investigated the advantages and limitations of the model of continuous midwifery treatment compared to other models of care, the effect of continuous care on women and children, and the effect of the model on employed midwives. Methods of work: The final work is based on a systematic review of the literature, which were published between 2011 and 2021 in various databases such as PubMed, MEDLINE, PEDro, ScienceDirect, DiKUL, COBISS. Selected sources were evaluated with the PEDro scale and thus we obtained appropriate literature for review. We used keywords in english language: midwife, pregnancy control, pregnancy, puerperium, birth. Results: We included 16 sources in the final review. Studies confirmed many benefits for pregnant women, most notably fewer complications during pregnancy, better overall comfort during pregnancy, and greater confidence in motherhood in the postpartum period. Continuous care also reduces the chances of complications during and after childbirth for the baby. Midwives feel that they occasionally feel overwhelmed with work due to constantly being on-call, but compared to other models, the workload and burnout is at a lower level. Discussion and conclusion: Continuous midwifery care, compared to traditional models in which a pregnant woman is cared for by various midwives or by a specialist, on average provides better outcomes in the birth process; namely fewer complications, less interventions, better satisfaction and well-being of the mother and child throughout the maternity process.
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