Thanks for your insight! I have 9 years of experience working at an OB/GYN office as a labor induction coordinator (I have a BS in Biomedical science) and I've seen so much from that perspective and doctors scheduling inductions for non medical reasons-many are failed and end up as c/s. I'm also a birth doula through DONA and it has further solidified my calling as a midwife. I'm heavily considering CPM v CNM as well. I think midwives are able to truly practice under the midwifery model of care with less push back in birthing centers & home settings than in the hospital. What schools are you considering?? Bastyr University Masters in Midwifery program is #1 on my list it's a MEAC accredited schools. Our communities need us 💜🙏

Azalea Salter I live in Texas and am planning to use The Association of Texas Midwives Midwifery Training Program. It’s a completely distance curriculum with 2 years attending births under a preceptor. The midwife who owns the birthing center nearest to me used this program. She was also an RN previously. This is considered a direct entry route. The cost of the entire program is about $10,000. I don’t see many WOC taking this route in my research I’ve been doing. But I highly recommend it due to the low barrier of entry. I do not want to finance any more of my education. Student loans are a mess!

Thank you ladies for taking up the high calling of midwifery!

@@CindyChioma I'll defintely have to look into that program! Is it MEAC accredited? I just did a Zoom meeting with an admissions advisor at Bastyr and found out they have an amazing new grant (hasn't been named yet) for POC and academically challenged applicants that'll cover tuition cost.

@@herbanhomestead Thank you for this video! There are so many myths about midwives. I've been protecting my aspirations from naysayers. Gotta stay focused! The long nights and births will all be worth it. Prayerfully, I'll be applying soon 🙏

I am glad you had a good experience! Thanks for watching!

HealthyWokeMama Good luck to you! The CPM I used could take some insurances, but not all. We just paid cash for those births. Our CNM could take all types and we had very good insurance at that time so it only cost us $200. 😳

A "real" midwife really? All midwives who have certification are real midwives. Doiii. If you'd actually done some research before commenting then you'd know that if you have any of these conditions then you're considered high risk and ineligible to be a client to a CPN. And yes they do test you for these conditions, even though they're not "doctors". Google is your friend sometimes.

And had you done some research you'd also know that mothers and newborn babies die at a much higher rate when treated by a physician rather than a midwife.

Why do think that they die at such a high rate in America? Because physicians will put unnecessary stressors on the mother like administering drugs to induce birth well before the baby is ready to come rather than just waiting it out for a healthy outcome. C'mon you can't be THAT brainwashed. You can only wonder why so many women are now looking for an alternative to hospital births.

CPMs don’t care for people that have those issues. They ARE the REAL midwives. Long before the CNM was created, traditional midwives have held the knowledge and carried it through the years. Your comment just shows that you have some educating to do.