Thinking about becoming a midwife

The birthing center that I get my care through they give free classes, they are two years long then two years of being an apprentice(sp) you just have to buy all of your books.. The classes are awesome, I dont think Ill be a midwife but I take them because I love to know all the details of everything. But after you finish the complete course from my understanding you become a certified midwife. Its awesome and really cool that they do it for free.:) hope this helps.

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I work at a women's hospital with tons of midwives. I've always wanted to be one too. I have a year left to get my associates degree in nursing. As far as I've been told the midwifery program would be like a masters program. All you have to have is your BSN to apply.

I'm really interested in becoming a doula, anyone have any info on that?

Really? I didn't know that. I'm obviously starting from scratch here.

Quoting mommy2bRN007:

I work at a women's hospital with tons of midwives. I've always wanted to be one too. I have a year left to get my associates degree in nursing. As far as I've been told the midwifery program would be like a masters program. All you have to have is your BSN to apply.

That would be such a great way to go about it!

Quoting Haylee194:

The birthing center that I get my care through they give free classes, they are two years long then two years of being an apprentice(sp) you just have to buy all of your books.. The classes are awesome, I dont think Ill be a midwife but I take them because I love to know all the details of everything. But after you finish the complete course from my understanding you become a certified midwife. Its awesome and really cool that they do it for free.:) hope this helps.

Am RN/RM.I dnt know hw it works in ur country bt in Africa u need to become a nurse before a midwife.the nursing course is 3yrs while the midwifery course is 18months,which i did.I wish u all the best bcos it is an interesting profession.

There are programs that take you from an associates to masters but it's a matter of location. Most just want a BSN. They also recommend you do labor and delivery for awhile as a nurse to get some background.

I want to be a CNM too. I currently have been a L&D nurse for 6 months. I'm going to give it at least a year to apply to any schools.

A  do you want to attend classes or do it online or apprentice... ?

You would be soooo great!!

I want to, but DEMs are not allowed to practice here, and I can't go the nurse midwife route without signing myself up to be a pincushion for every nasty vaccine on the market. On top of that, the closest midwifery school is about 6 to 7 hundred miles away. There's supposed to be one starting at a university a little less than 100 miles away. If so, I'll look harder into vaccine waivers. Because even if I can get a waiver for nursing school, I won't be able to get a job without the shots, so there's no point unless I can go straight to becoming a midwife.