Welcome

Welcome to the Vermont Chapter of American College of Nurse-Midwives website. Take time to learn about nurse-midwifery in Vermont, find a nurse-midwife in your community, or ask questions about nurse-midwifery in Vermont.

Discover the difference of a Nurse-Midwife in your healthcare.

~ Most women are great candidates for midwifery care.

~ A Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) involves you as an active participant in your care.

~ A CNM talks to you, listens to you and involves your partner in the antepartum care and birth of the baby.

~ A CNM physically and emotionally supports you during the labor.

~ A CNM will educate you and support you in making healthy lifestyle choices.

~ A CNM attends to your cultural, spiritual and personal beliefs.

~ A CNM will support your choice of an unmedicated childbirth, a waterbirth or if you desire a low amount of medical interventions/procedures.

~ A CNM will support your choice for a medicated labor or birth.

~ A CNM supports you in your plan to breastfeed your baby. Many Nurse Midwives have extensive experience with breastfeeding and resources to assist with breastfeeding.