Black Certified Nurse-Midwife Providers
in Atlanta, GA

Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) are master's-prepared nurses with midwifery specialty training and full prescriptive authority. Black birthing people with CNM care have 23 percent lower C-section rates (J Midwifery Womens Health, 2021). That is a meaningful statistic given Black women's C-sections happen at 36 percent nationally and come with higher risk of severe morbidity. Less than 2 percent of CNMs are Black.

What CNMs cover

• Prenatal care with longer visits
• Birth in hospitals and birth centers
• Postpartum care (typically through 6 weeks)
• Well-woman care, contraception, Paps
• Newborn care in-hospital
• Menopause care (in many practices)

Advocacy prompts

• What's your C-section and transfer rate?
• What physician do you collaborate with for complications?
• What's your continuity-of-care model? Will you be at my birth?