Becoming a Midwife

Student Midwives Pack

If you're studying midwifery, you need the Student Midwives Package. This package includes a one-year subscription to Midwifery Today magazine, Midwifery Today Issue 60 on Education (you may substitute any other Midwifery Today back issue if you already have this one), the Birth Song Midwifery Workbook and Birth Wisdom, Tricks of the Trade, Volume III.

Books and Resources

Are you thinking about becoming a midwife, but you're not sure what kind of midwife you should be, or what training options would be best for you? Paths to Becoming a Midwife was designed to help you answer these questions and to help you make sense of the various options available.

This edition includes 11 new articles, 20 substantially updated articles, plus a completely updated directory of over 150 schools, programs and other resources.

You'll learn about:
  *Getting Started
  *Politics and Philosophies
  *Direct-Entry Midwifery
  *Certified Nurse-Midwifery Today
  *Childbirth Education, Labor Support & Postpartum Care
  *Midwifery into the Future
  *Resources

You'll be able to read articles such as:
  *Exploring Your Philosophy of Midwifery
  *Types of Midwifery Training: An Anthropological Overview
  *A Vision for Midwifery in the United States
  *Apprenticeship in Medicine and Midwifery
  *Becoming a Holistic Traditional Midwife
  *MANA and ACNM: Contrasts in Organizational Philosophies and Standards Paper,

328 pages.

Louisiana Midwives Association

Moving Midwifery into the 21st Century with Commitment