Looking for a midwife?  Check out our directory of active members 

 

Interested in becoming a midwife? Stay tuned for more information about our new certification program coming in 2021.  You can also find our more information on routes to midwifery through NARM and IRM 

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Interested in getting involved with midwifery on a advocacy level?  Check into becoming more involved with Better Birth Mississippi

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Is out of hospital Birth safe?  

Our goal is to keep midwifery safe and accessible for all. We believe homebirth is safest when attended by skilled out of hospital healthcare providers. More information can be found in the following links:

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2742137/

https://mana.org/healthcare-policy/homebirth-study-fact-sheet

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2017/04/planned-home-birth

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Is it legal to have a home birth?  It is a legal option to have a birth at home attended by an out of hospital midwife.  Here is the Mississippi law that covers it. 

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Questions to ask your midwife. 

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