Nearly 900 families a year in Indiana are having homebirths. Homebirths are legal in Indiana but
consumers need qualified attendants. Without a licensure law, consumer choices and safety are limited.
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Certified Professional Midwives, CPMs, are qualified and well-trained home birth midwives. The CPM credential is nationally recognized and supported by the American Public Health Association and the National Commission on Certifying Agencies.
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CPM midwifery care is safe. Medical research supports the safety of out of hospital birth as reported in the prestigious British Medical
Journal in June of 2005. The MANA 2000 study found that home birth is just as safe as hospital birth for low risk women but with much lower intervention rates.
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CPMs are currently licensed, certified, or registered to provide homebirth* services in 27 states. Only nine states prohibit this type of midwifery. Indiana is one.
(*Although homebirth is not for everyone.)
