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This site helps you find a midwife, in California , for a home, birth center or hospital birth with Direct Entry Midwives(DEM), Certified Nurse Midwives(CNM), Certified Midwives (CM), Certified Professional Midwives(CPM), Licensed Midwives(LM), Registered Midwives (RM) and Lay Midwives.

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Status of Midwifery in California

Direct entry midwives have attended home births in California for decades. After 17 years of legislative efforts, a licensing law was passed in 1993, and licenses became available in 1997. There are now more than 100 licensed midwives practicing in the state.

California statutes regarding midwifery may be found at http://www.socalbirth.org/school/midwiferylaw.htm or http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=02001-03000&file=2505-2521

California rules regarding midwifery may be found at http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=183460&infobase=ccr&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42

Many CNMs also practice in California; some of them attend home births.

The listings of California midwives on this site are paid advertising. BirthWithLove and related entities do not screen or endorse any of the midwives from California listed in our directory. It is the responsibility of the individual to choose a competent and compatible midwife in California