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Originally Posted by menthomas Who is the midwife? Where in va? That's where I grew up, northern va and my mom was a doula for 20 years. She was actually the 3rd doula certified by DONA! She did hospital and hb with midwives.

I'm not sure her name but she works at Brookhaven birth center in Harrisonburg, va

Originally Posted by trying4more Hilary-That's awesome! I have no idea where to even find an apprentice midwife. Jenn-Medi-cal doesn't over HB here. There is a free standing birth center down the street from that accepts medi-cal, but I have Kaiser now, so that's not an option for me. My midwife at Kaiser had all water home births, so I know she understands. I adore her. I wish she could come to my house and be my doula or something. I'm not sure CNM are allowed to attend home births here. I think it's just LM's are something. I'm having on heck of a time ordering DD's first birthday outfit. Etsy confusing the daylights out of me. I found a few people that I like their stuff, but one was a little cocky in her emails, and another I'm confused on her price and listings, although her emails are nice! Another is $70, but matches the shoes I wanna get her.

Do you mean CNM or CPM? I'm pretty sure in Cali they all can do homebirths if they choose. Mine was a CNM.