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forwarded appeal from NARM Directors:
Dear Friends-
A recently revised Position Statement from the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) seeks to limit recognition of midwifery providers to those who have received their training through government accredited programs. The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) oversees the credentialing of midwives who have received their training through time honored and evidenced based systems that emphasize clinical competency over all other criteria (Certified Professional Midwives-CPMs) .
NARM has posted an online petition in an effort to organize our voices and convince the ACNM to reconsider its position on apprentice trained midwives. This letter seeks to unite US Midwifery under the common goal of providing women with access to the provider and setting of their choice for birth.
There are many great opportunities mounting to move midwifery forward on both the state and national level. We must stand together as a community of midwives if we are going to have a real voice for change in maternity care. Whether you are a CPM, CNM, a midwifery consumer, advocate, or none of the above, please go to: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/supp...ucation to read more details about this issue and sign the petition to make your voice heard.
Respectfully,
The NARM Board of Directors
Dear Friends-
A recently revised Position Statement from the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) seeks to limit recognition of midwifery providers to those who have received their training through government accredited programs. The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) oversees the credentialing of midwives who have received their training through time honored and evidenced based systems that emphasize clinical competency over all other criteria (Certified Professional Midwives-CPMs) .
NARM has posted an online petition in an effort to organize our voices and convince the ACNM to reconsider its position on apprentice trained midwives. This letter seeks to unite US Midwifery under the common goal of providing women with access to the provider and setting of their choice for birth.
There are many great opportunities mounting to move midwifery forward on both the state and national level. We must stand together as a community of midwives if we are going to have a real voice for change in maternity care. Whether you are a CPM, CNM, a midwifery consumer, advocate, or none of the above, please go to: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/supp...ucation to read more details about this issue and sign the petition to make your voice heard.
Respectfully,
The NARM Board of Directors
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Re: fwd: Support Evidence Based Midwifery Education in the US
Tue, April 28, 2009 - 9:23 AMGreetings and salutations, Steve, I just read through the petition, since I am from the US, and very interested in the maternal care of mamas everywhere, I find this very interesting. I for one support experienced based education in all realms of life. what i want to discuss if my initial reaction and my question of WHY??? this bill is trying to get passed. I must question motives, steve. I feel that there is increasingly more and more regulations placed upon us on what we can do with our lives. I must say, this article is written in a way that makes it confusing to judge where it is coming from, OK, so back to the motives... if it is coming from ACNM, then I can reasonably assume that they would like to hold the monopoly on midwife education (NOT TO MENTION TUITION FEES, EH?) the more money midwives have to pay to become legally certified, the more they will charge thier clients, as reasonable compensation.So it viciously cycles around, and will soon (If not already, judging by the evidence I have seen personally) become as corrupt as the medical profession
On a personal note, "clinical competency" is the last thing I want as a mother in this most precious and delicate time of my baby's life. clinics as a general are cold and uncaring, regimented by protocol and rough handling. Oh yes, and I just realized, I don't want to be a "client" or a "Patient" I would rather deliver a baby in my comfort zone as a "mother' one of hundreds of billions before me.
A question... I wonder, is this all about LIABILITY?? is the point and purpose to be certified act as an insurance policy against death orinjury, as if there truly was such a thing, or liable in case things go wrong? It seems to me like (someone) would like to see or believe that ;ife and death can be regulated and controlled .Certified and monitored, every instance of life and death documented, and if not prevented in a way 'they' see fit, then someone is punished? I have heard stories of mothers facing huge persecutions because of a still-born at home...
Perhaps my veiws are from a way out there perspective, but are not even these angles valid? Why couldn't I be surrounded by a group of my friends, mothers, none of them "certified" but they all love and care for me... would my rights to a spiritual-based birth be taken away because it is not "regulated"? Who would "feel" things intuitively and instinctivly (talents can't be learned from a book, or in a clinic) -
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Re: fwd: Support Evidence Based Midwifery Education in the US
Thu, May 7, 2009 - 5:33 AMlicensing is, by definition, the creation of monopolies. the governmental justification for it is based on protecting the public health, and the professions all strut their stuff under that banner --safety. The pubic feels the cost and most people quickly to assume that money/greed is the primary driving force behind the turf wars. I heard OBs at midwifery vehemently deny every such insinuation at midwifery hearings for several years, and I believe them because the more obvious culprit is simple vanity --you see it in every profession, but it seems to be most pronounced among health professionals --doctors, nurses and midwives alike. They've all got saviour complexes.
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