About Midwives
There are three types of midwives in Arizona:

Licensed Midwives, LM: Midwives licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services to provide midwifery care to low risk healthy pregnant women. Licensed Midwives only provide Homebirth and Waterbirths.

Naturopathic Physicians, NMD, CPM: Naturopathic Physicians that have additional training in midwifery and provide midwifery care and only provide Homebirth and Waterbirths.

Certified Nurse Midwives, CNM: are registered nurses with additional schooling in midwifery and in Maricopa County currently CNM’s only provide births in the hospital setting. There are some CNM’s in the Tucson area that provide homebirth and births in a free standing birth center.

*Note some licensed midwives have dual credentialing LM and CPM, the CPM stands for Certified Professional Midwife which is the national certification for homebirth midwives.

If you are interested in becoming a midwife or learning more about midwifery please tour the following links and read about the requirements for certification or licensing.

Arizona Department of Health Special Licensing Midwife Program
Arizona Association of Midwives
America College of Nurse Midwives
Midwifery Alliance of North America
North American Registry of Midwives
Midwifery Education Accreditation Council