In carrying out midwifery care act as Executor midwives, managers, educators, and researchers. As the care of midwives carry out their functions based on midwifery care, namely:
1. Monitor the progress of pregnancy, ensuring the health of mothers and infant development.
2. Improve and maintain physical health, mental, social and mother and baby.
3. Finding a problem early or disorders and complications that may occur during pregnancy.
4. Preparing for pregnancy and childbirth safely, both mother and baby, with minimal trauma.
5. Preparing mothers for childbirth and the period of exclusive breastfeeding was normal.
6. Preparing mothers and families can play well in order to keep the baby in a normal growth.

Midwife known as an expert and caregiver in a normal birth, but in reality is not as simple as this. Midwife will feel themselves as an independent practitioner with the load case “normal” circumstances do not appear on the risks but on other occasions the midwife will perform the function multi professional when complications occur. Although the intellectual and clinical skills and competencies essential for safe midwifery practice, midwives interpersonal skills that might make a difference in what will be experienced and remembered by a mother who helped her labor.

Obstetric care services, whether they are independent or collaborative work, is in hospital, clinic, maternity home, or in the community. Through antenatal care midwives are expected to contribute in protecting reproductive rights and human rights by reducing morbidity, disability, and death associated with pregnancy.