Become a Midwife
Meet my Assistant
My Assistant at this time just so happens to be my oldest daughter, Sharron. She has been involved off and on in my practice since she was 16. She has taken a number of medically oriented college classes as she had originally considered the idea of becoming a Doctor of Osteopathy but has since decided that being a midwife is much more suited to her life. She also works as a nurse technician at a local hospital when not assisting me. She is current in Basic Life Support CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation.
Sharron has attended over fifty births with me. Her assistance has benefitted myself as senior midwife and my clients. She has an intuitive understanding of birth that has been strengthened by birthing her own children at home. She is currently engaged in a self study program that supports the NARM Certified Professional Midwife and hopes to attain her CPM within the next year or so.
Becoming a Midwife
There are many types of midwives and just as many ways of becoming a competent, qualified and certified midwife. As a member of MANA, NARM and the Missouri Midwives Association I can provide some direction for obtaining a CPM.
There are the structured environments of a college or midwifery school..
- MEAC accredited midwifery schools
- ACNM accredited schools
You may also apply yourself tp the do it yourself way of studying, doing an apprenticeship with a mentoring midwife and then applying for the NARM CPM. You can use web based or longdistance learning programs such as:
Missouri Midwives Association is currently in the process of designing a structured web based home study program. We plan to offer a curriculum designed to support the NARM CPM as well as the apprenticeship route into midwifery. We offer a guided curriculum that can be done at your own pace. You will be responsible for obtaining the necessary textbooks and enrolling in the web program for each book. Chapter test and review questions will be done over the web but comprehensive final exams for each book will be done at a monitored exam site to ensure the quality of your education. More information maybe obtained at the Missouri Midwives Association web site.
My name is Judith Schmidt. I am a Certified Professional Midwife. I believe in the inherent rights and responsibilities of parents to make decisions about their prenatal care and how and where they choose to have their babies, and who they wish to assist them.