October 5-11 is National Midwifery Week! To celebrate I thought I would write a post about the current state of midwifery and where we are headed. According to the American Midwifery Certification Board, there are currently 13,071 Certified Nurse Midwives in the United States. This is a growing number. In 2013, 539 new CNMs passed [...]
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A day in my shoes in West Africa: Stories from a Midwife
In honor of National Midwifery Week, we met up with Paige McDaniel, one of HealthNet’s many excellent midwives! Paige recently traveled to Liberia, West Africa to conduct a needs assessment and help nursing staff in Liberia update protocols. Check out Paige’s incredible story about her trip to West Africa and delivering twin baby boys! Q: Tell [...]
What Midwives wish you knew about them
For thousands of years, women have been giving birth with the help of midwives. Every year, more than 300,000 US women partner with midwives to navigate birth, puberty, menopause, and other normal life stages. In celebration of National Midwifery Week, I had a chance to talk with Jill Kocher, one the 24 certified nurse midwives [...]
“Your birth experience is YOURS, I’m here to give you that experience…”
In honor of National Midwifery Week, I got in touch with one of our own Nurse Midwives to get a feel for Indiana’s largest Midwifery program! Yes, you read that right, HealthNet is home to the state’s largest midwifery program. Lisa Glazik has been working for HealthNet for over 6 years. She started out working [...]
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