Welcome!

We're glad you're visiting the home of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Not only does this site serve Washington certified nurse-midwives, we also offer practical information to the public on midwifery and access to midwives throughout the state.

What are midwives? The word "midwife" means "with woman," because we provide health care to women throughout the lifecycle. Midwifery care includes prenatal care and attending births, postpartum and early infancy care, family planning services, and well-woman health exams. Midwives believe that puberty, pregnancy, birth and menopause – the major transitions of women's lives – should be safe, satisfying, and sacred.

Midwifery care is centered on the woman and her family to enhance normal physiologic and psychological events in her life, using technologic interventions and medications only as needed or desired by her.

NEWS & EVENTS

ADVANCED PRACTICE IN PRIMARY AND ACUTE CARE CONFERENCE
October 1-4, 2008
Washington Convention and Trade Center. Visit this link for more information.

NEXT CHAPTER MEETING
June 7, 2008, 10 a.m. - Noon
Center for Women's Health at Evergreen. Pot luck.

ACNM 53rd ANNUAL MEETING
May 23-29, 2008
Boston, MA
Click here for more info

LOOKING AHEAD
2009 ACNM Annual Meeting to be held in Seattle! To join the planning committee, or if you have ideas to share, contact Shauna Applin.

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