Midwifery School in Connecticut - CT

Connecticut makes a distinction between nurse-midwives, who are regulated by the state and independent direct-entry midwives, who are not. According to Citizens for Midwifery, there are about ten independent midwives in Connecticut who attend home births (nine of whom are Certified Professional Midwives). The other midwives in the states are nurse-midwives, and all of these health professionals have registered nurse training in addition to specialized midwifery education.

As the majority of midwives in Connecticut are nurse-midwives, training for most midwives there begins with enrolling in one of the many programs in the state that educate students to become registered nurses.  Following graduation from nursing school, students must then take graduate midwifery courses in Connecticut. These schools may be online or in a traditional campus setting. Education for nurse-midwives focuses on pregnancy and birth, the health of the mother prenatally and postnatally, and the health of the newborn or infant. After completing graduate education in midwifery, a prospective nurse-midwife in Connecticut must pass an examination administered by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) before the state will license that midwife as a Certified Nurse-Midwife authorized to practice in Connecticut. According to the Connecticut Chapter of the ACNM, Certified Nurse-Midwives attended over 4000 births in the state in 2006, 97% of which were not in a home setting but rather, in a hospital.