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"Midwives"

kwencer123kwencer123 member
edited January 2015 in 1st Trimester
ALERT: was anyone aware that there is a degree out there to be a "Certified Professional Midwife", differing from a Certified Nurse Midwife. A CPM has NO medical education before their 3 year program that teaches them how to deliver babies via home births. Half of the states are allowing them to deliver babies. Here is one school's rigorous admission requirements: Application Form Application Fee ($50) Essay Official High School Transcript or Equivalent College Transcript(s) (if you have attended college) Birth Doula Training Certificate 3 Letters of Reference/Reference Forms. This is new to me in the Carolinas. Definitely don't remember anything but CNMs in PA. There are birthing centers in big trouble down here and I wondered why bc the Pittsburgh one that I trained at is wonderful. It's bc they are all CPMs at the birthing centers here and significant bad outcomes are happening!! Buyer beware! Be safe out there mommies and good luck to all! P.S. My background is that I am a nurse practitioner in the ER. If I didn't know about this, I figured many others wouldn't either.
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  • kwencer123kwencer123 member
    Sorry for the formatting* not sure why this came out as one big paragraph!
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  • crunchymamaof2 crunchymamaof2 member
    CPMs and lay midwives have been around for forever. If you want a homebirth that's usually who you have to use as CNMs typically can't deliver outside of a hospital or birthing center. Some have medical background, some don't. It's not fair to lump them all together as dangerous.
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  • EmpireceoEmpireceo member
    <--------------- Had a home birth with 2 CNMs.
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  • abbycjonesabbycjones member
    In North Carolina a home birth with a CNM is illegal. And CPM's aren't recognized as being able to practice. At least as far as I understand it. There are CPM's licensed in other states who will do home births here "under the radar" but I've heard some pretty horrific stories of home births gone wrong in those instances.

    I really wanted to give birth in a birthing center with a midwife, but there aren't any birthing centers near me. They're planning to have one open next year so maybe with our next baby.
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