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Organizations

Friends of Michigan Midwives
Friends of Michigan Midwives (FoMM) provides education for the public and support and promotion of midwifery throughout Michigan.

Midwives Alliance of North America
The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) is an organization of North American midwives and their advocates.

The North American Registry of Midwives
The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential “Certified Professional Midwife” (CPM).

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
NACPM’s mission is to significantly increase women’s access to midwives by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives.

American College of Nurse Midwives
Midwifery news, publications, research, and resources from the ACNM.

Birth Network
A non-profit, consumer-advocacy group promoting awareness of the benefits and availability of healthy, normal pregnancy and childbirth through information and support.

Citizens For Midwifery
The only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care

Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
Through education, research, better maternity care policies, and more midwives, we can change the world of birth.

Center for the Childbearing Year
Offers professional certification workshops for childbirth professionals, enrichment courses and parent classes.

Midwifery Today
Midwifery Today’s mission is to return midwifery care to its rightful position in the family; to make midwifery care the norm throughout the world; and to redefine midwifery as a vital partnership with women.

Advocacy Groups

MAMA Campaign
Midwives & Mothers in Action: Advocating for CPMs as a high-value option for quality cost-effective maternity care

The Big Push for Midwives
Advocating for expanding access to Certified Professional Midwives and out-of-hospital maternity care.

Birth Partners
Search, Locate and Find Natural Childbirth Providers

Birthsong Childbirth Education & Support Services
Online resource for childbirth education, supporting and trusting in the normalcy of birth and promoting the midwifery model of care.

Childbirth Connection
Childbirth Connection (formerly Maternity Center Association) provides trusted pregnancy and childbirth guidance to women and their families as well as health professionals.

It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth
It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth is an educational childbirth film that tells the story of 7 mothers and their emotional journeys to natural childbirth. The story is enhanced with footage of partners and the roles of Licensed Midwife Maria Iorillo, Certified Nurse Midwife Yeshi Neumann, childbirth educator Jane Austin and Laura Norrell, Obstetrician.

MidwifeSearch.Com
Internet Site to Find a Midwife

Mothers Naturally
Celebrate the journey of pregnancy. Cherish a woman’s natural ability to nourish a healthy pregnancy and birth. Create your ideal birth environment and be supported physically and emotionally. Discover the safe personal care of a midwife.

Schools

Disclaimer: Not all schools support the CPM. Each individual should do their own research on schools.

Ancient Art Midwifery Institute
The very first at-a-distance educational program for midwives!

Michigan School of Traditional Midwifery
The first midwifery school in the nation to offer a vocational diploma in Traditional Midwifery Studies!

Public Services

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
Michigan’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program has the goal of screening Michigan’s newborns for congenital hearing loss within 1 month of birth. Visit their website to learn more how, as a midwife or doula, you can help your new parents take advantage of this important service. Here is a PDF file describing this important program and how you can participate.

Supplies

The Green Herb Cafe
Has a huge selection of herbal products, including Organic Loose-Bulk Herbs, Natural Sweeteners, Nutraceuticals, Books, Capsule Filling Supplies, Essential Oils, Essiac Tea, Herbal Preparation Items and much more.

In His Hands Home Birth Supplies
A provider of the necessary supplies for home births to midwives and expectant mothers all over the United States.

Birth With Love Midwifery Supplies
Complete Source of Birth Supplies and Birth Kits