Even though midwives scope of practice is mosly related to the childbearing phase (pregnancy, birth and postpartum), in many parts of the world they also attend to womens sexual and reproductive health throughout the fertility phase.
Starfsvið ljósmæðra snýr að mestu að barneignarferlinu en þó starfa ljósmæður víða um heim við kynheilbrigði kvenna.