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Jilly_in_VA

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4. There is this
Fri Jul 12, 2024, 02:13 PM
Jul 2024
https://narm.org/about/the-cpm-credential/

also there's this https://www.midwife.org/Certified-Professional-Midwife
This site further explains a difference between the certified nurse-midwife and the Certified Professional Midwife, which is more what we are talking about. CPMs enter the profession through various methods, including apprenticeship to another CPM and education. Increasingly they will have an associate degree and may have worked in L&D. They are allowed to practice in 36 states and DC, but insurance may be a problem, of course. Here's their website: https://www.nacpm.org

I have a feeling that CPMs are going to become increasingly important, especially in red states which OB/GYNs are fleeing rapidly and new ones are not coming into. Insurance will have to start ponying up.

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