A Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is a healthcare provider with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in nurse-midwifery. CNMs are experts on the entire reproductive life span of women, specially trained to care for individuals from adolescence through menopause and beyond, as well as care for the healthy newborn during the first 28 days of life. Midwives provide care during pregnancy, childbirth, and through the postpartum period. They are also experts in gynecologic health; reproductive health; and family-planning services. Midwives prescribe medications, including contraception.