Routine treatments or arbitrary timetables that can interfere with the body's process of laboring and giving birth are avoided. A certified nurse-midwife is educated in nursing and midwifery. Most hold master's degrees and are licensed by the state in which they are practicing. They can attend births at hospitals, birth centers, and at home and can write prescriptions as dictated by their state regulations. Certified nurse-midwives are legal in all 50 states and in Puerto Rico.
Midwife means being with a woman.
It means mothering the mother. All Rights Reserved.