Also called: CPM, Direct-Entry Midwife, Home Birth Midwife
Midwife trained specifically for births at home and in birth centers.
Does prenatal checkups in a family's living room, gets called at 2 a.m. when labor starts, and attends the birth with a birth assistant and emergency supplies, ready to transfer to a hospital if needed.
Estimate; often self-employed.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 3 years after high school. Midwifery school or apprenticeship plus NARM certification; licensed in most (not all) states.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Certification, Trade school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Midwifery.
Growing faster than average. Out-of-hospital births are growing.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps track prenatal data; being at a home birth at 2 a.m. and catching the baby is fully hands-on.
Classes: Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry, Child development.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-9099.
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