The future begins with the way we are born.
The National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) is the membership organization representing Certified Professional Midwives (CPM) in the United States. Certified Professional Midwives provide unique and critical access to normal physiologic birth, profoundly benefitting childbearing people and their newborns. Founded in 2000, NACPM ensures a powerful, collective voice for Certified Professional Midwives. NACPM directs its influence toward improving outcomes for all childbearing people and their infants, investing in a strong racially, ethnically, and socially representative CPM workforce, and helping to drive urgently needed changes in the systems that care for birthing people in the U.S. today.
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Mental Health in Midwifery
By Lisa Gendron, Secretary NACPM
“A healthy mind creates a healthy society.”
— Abhijit Naskar
The past decade has placed significant strain on the mental health of both families and midwives in the United States, as they have navigated the realities of a global pandemic, shifting healthcare and social landscapes, rising costs of living, political unrest, and increasing community violence (Thumm et al., 2022).