Certified Nurse Midwives in Bronx

This directory lists more than 80 certified nurse midwives with a Bronx practice address. Across the New York metro area there are more than 600, and the most are in Brooklyn.

Yes. New York Medicaid covers care from licensed midwives and certified nurse midwives, and also covers doula support during and after pregnancy at no cost.

Yes. If a complication develops, care moves to or is shared with an OB/GYN, and in many practices midwives and physicians work side by side, so the switch is smooth.

Under New York Education Law, midwifery covers the management of normal pregnancies, childbirth and postpartum care, primary preventive reproductive health care for essentially healthy women, and newborn evaluation. Midwives can also be certified by the state to prescribe medications.

Most attend births in hospitals; some work in birth centers or attend planned home births. Ask where a midwife attends births and which physicians back them up.