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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I know this will come up, not all people who call themselves midwives are Certified Nurse Midwives.

A midwife who practices in a hospital in always a CNM--they are licensed RNs with additional graduate-level education specifically in midwifery and women's health.

Some birth center midwives are all CNMs. I believe all the Birthcare midwives are. The midwives at the center I used (not in DC, and sadly since shut down) only had CNMs.

Occasionally, CNMs, like the ones at Birthcare, will also do homebirths. Home births are where you will run into people calling themselves midwives when they have little to no education.

As an aside: is anyone else bothered that a medical professional, albeit outside of their specialty, doesn't understand the role of a midwife?[/quote]

I.suspect OP misunderstood what her friend was trying to say. No offence, OP but it is confusing when you don't have a background.  People get things Drs say twisted all the time.

And honestly- its not an either/or with MDs and midwives. My midwife consulted with the OB on my case. It's a team effort.[/quote]
+1 The OP's friend was most likely talking about a doula, not a midwife. I am more bothered by the fact that no one in this scenario thinks it's anyone's job to make sure the new mom is ok.

But I suppose not really shocked, given the abysmal maternal mortality rate in this country.[/quote]

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