Currently Working at Oasis Family Birthing Center…….www.oasiswh.org/contents/birth-center/birth-services

Midwives are the key to increasing access to effective maternity care:

• The American Public Health Association and the World Health Organization recommends midwives as the primary maternity care providers for the majority of women
• The Millbank Report on evidence-based maternity care recognizes the CPM as the benchmark for low intervention and good outcomes
• Nations with the lowest infant mortality employ midwives as the primary maternity care providers for the majority of women
• Mounting evidence supports the value and cost-savings potential of midwifery care, according to a report issued by the Washington Department of Health in 2010
• Birth centers and planned home births have been shown to be safe for low-risk women, with demonstrated potential to significantly reduce costs to the system
• CPMs are currently legally recognized in 26 states and own approximately half of the birth centers in the U.S

Taken from the North American Registry of Midwives www.narm.org