This list of organizations and websites has been compiled by Florida Friends of Midwives and are offered as possible sources of information.  The list will be updated and refreshed periodically to include new websites or to delete websites that may no longer be active. 

	Citizens for Midwifery (CfM)  Citizens for Midwifery is a non-profit, volunteer, grassroots organization. Founded by several mothers in 1996, it is the only national consumer-based group promoting the Midwives Model of Care.  The goal of Citizens for Midwifery is to see that the Midwives Model of Care is available to all childbearing women and universally recognized as the best kind of care for pregnancy and birth.
	Birth Network National BirthNetwork National is based on the MFCI, which outlines the principles of mother-friendly care in order to promote the safest, healthiest and most cost-effective maternity care.  BirthNetwork National has evolved from one chapter in Southeast Michigan into a national organization with many chapters across the country. They are part of a growing movement of birth activists striving to bring peace and dignity to birth by helping empower women to make informed choices about their maternity care.
	International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) ICAN is a nonprofit organization working to lower the rate of unnecessary cesareans, support vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), and encourage positive birthing through education and advocacy.
	Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) Established in 1996, CIMS is a collaborative effort of numerous individuals and more than 50 organizations representing over 90,000 members. CIMS is a coalition of individuals and organizations with concern for the care and well-being of mothers, babies, and families. Their mission is to promote a wellness model of maternity care that will improve birth outcomes and substantially reduce costs.
	Big Push for Midwives Campaign The Big Push for Midwives is a nationally coordinated campaign to advocate for regulation and licensure of Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and to push back against the attempts of the American Medical Association Scope of Practice Partnership to deny American families access to legal midwifery care. The Big Push for Midwives is the first campaign of the National Birth Policy Coalition.
	Mothers Naturally Mothers Naturally is a public education program from the Midwives Alliance of North America. The goal of Mothers Naturally is to increase the number of safe and positive births by educating and informing the public about natural birth options and empowering women to make pregnancy and birth choices appropriate for their lives. The website is an evidence-based resource for new and expectant parents about midwifery and natural childbirth.
	Pushed Birth Pushedbirth.com is the sister site for Pushed, the book, and was created to provide women with uncensored, unsweetened information about U.S. childbirth care. Author and journalist Jennifer Block spent years researching why so many labors are begun by induction, why so many births end in cesarean section, and how modern maternity care is impacting women and their families. This site provides key findings — a quick read for a better birth.
	Childbirth Connection (formerly Maternity Center Association) Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization that uses research, education and advocacy to improve maternity care for all women and their families.  Founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association, Childbirth Connection has grown from a small group of concerned individuals and community leaders that succeeded in reducing maternal and infant deaths in New York City, to a nationally recognized leader in maternity care quality improvement. Childbirth Connection is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families. Their mission is to promote safe, effective and satisfying maternity care.  A wonderful site dedicated to helping women make informed decisions about pregnancy and birth.
	Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth The Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth was launched to support initiatives that provide credible, relevant and useful information about normal birth to new and expectant parents and childbirth professionals. Forming the foundation of the Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth are the Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth (revised in 2007). These evidence-based practices adapted from the World Health Organization, promote, support and protect normal birth. The website is an evidence-based resource for new and expectant parents and childbirth professionals.
	Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) In 1982, MANA was established as a professional organization for all midwives, recognizing the diversity of educational backgrounds and practice styles within the profession. Its goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities. MANA is the only professional organization uniting and representing all North American midwives, inclusive of all midwifery educational backgrounds and practice styles.
	North American Registry of Midwives  (NARM) The North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) is an international certification agency whose mission is to establish and administer certification for the credential "Certified Professional Midwife" (CPM). CPM certification validates entry-level knowledge, skills, and experience vital to responsible midwifery practice. This international certification process encompasses multiple educational routes of entry including apprenticeship, self-study, private midwifery schools, college- and university- based midwifery programs, and nurse-midwifery. Created in 1987 by the Midwives' Alliance of North America (MANA), NARM is committed to identifying standards and practices that reflect the excellence and diversity of the independent midwifery community in order to set the standard for North American midwifery.
	Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) The Midwifery Education Accreditation Council's mission is to promote excellence in midwifery education through accreditation. It creates standards and criteria for the education of midwives. MEAC standards incorporate the nationally recognized core competencies and guiding principles set by the Midwives Alliance of North America and the requirements for national certification of the North American Registry of Midwives.  The purpose of MEAC is to establish standards for the education of competent midwives, and to provide a process for self-evaluation and peer evaluation for diverse educational programs. MEAC is a non-profit organization approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency.
	National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) The mission of NACPM is to significantly increase women’s access to midwives by supporting the work and practice of Certified Professional Midwives.  A professional organization, NACPM dedicated to maximizing the potential of the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, and the midwives who hold it, in order to increase the number of midwives available to adequately meet the needs of childbearing women. NACPM strives to ensure that CPMs will achieve their appropriate place in the delivery of maternity care in the United States.
	International Center for Traditional Childbearing, Inc. (ICTC) ICTC is a non-profit, culturally diverse, pregnancy support, health promotion and training organization. ICTC offers prenatal and parenting classes, doula services/trainings and complete pregnancy support. As a whole, the organization strives to positively impact the lives of the unborn, newborn, mothers, fathers and their families through education, breastfeeding promotion, and overall self-care. They are fully committed to the empowerment of women, increasing positive birth outcomes and decreasing infant mortality in African American Communities.
	Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) The mission of FAM is improve the health status of women, babies and families by increasing awareness of and access to the midwifery model of care. This mission is accomplished through the funding of education, research and public policy initiatives.
	American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) With roots dating to 1929, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the oldest women's health care organization in the U.S. ACNM provides research, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress. The mission of ACNM is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives. The philosophy inherent in the profession states that nurse-midwives believe every individual has the right to safe, satisfying health care with respect for human dignity and cultural variations.
	Midwifery Today Through networking and education, Midwifery Today's mission is to return midwifery care to its rightful position in the family; to make midwifery care the norm throughout the world; and to redefine midwifery as a vital partnership with women. Midwifery Today began solely as a magazine in 1986. Since then, we have grown into a business that publishes a quarterly magazine and produces a weekly e-mail newsletter.  In addition, Midwifery Today has produced and published several books, offers numerous educational aids, and presents domestic and international annual conferences Web site includes searchable database for midwives, doulas, and other childbirth related options as well as useful message boards.
	Mothering Magazine Mothering celebrates the experience of parenthood as worthy of one's best efforts and fosters awareness of the immense importance and value of parenthood and family life in the development of the full human potential. As a readers' magazine, they recognize parents as the experts and strive to provide truly helpful information upon which parents can base informed choices. Mothering is like no other publication. Born in 1976 out of the need for the natural family community to learn about raising healthy children, Mothering was the birthplace of the natural family lifestyle. Read in more than 65 countries, Mothering is the only independently owned, family living magazine in the world. The magazine addresses contemporary health, personal, environmental, medical, and lifestyle issues in an upbeat, intelligent, compassionate, and courageous way.

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