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Choose your Membership Level

  • CPMs

    175$
    Every year
    Certified Professional Midwives
     
    • Voting member
    • Leadership opportunities
    • Networking with other midwives
    • Regional Peer Review
    • Regional and state-wide meetings
    • Continuing education and training opportunities
    • Access to templates and forms
    • Client referrals

  • Other Non-Voting Midwife

    100$
    Every year
    Any non-CPM midwives (CNMs, DEMs, etc.)
     
    • Leadership opportunities
    • Networking with other midwives
    • Regional Peer Review
    • Regional and state-wide Meetings
    • Continuing education and training opportunities
    • Access to templates and forms
    • Client referrals

  • Student Midwife

    50$
    Every year
    Any apprentice/student midwife in an active program or apprenticeship with a mentor who is a Full-Voting Midwife Member. Students may not block consensus.
     
    • Committee participation
    • Invited to VMA meetings & activities
    • Peer review with their mentor
    • VMA group messaging forum
    • Student Council leadership elections
    • VMA Newsletter

  • Friends of Midwives

    50$
    Every year
    Non-voting member not currently a student midwife.
     
    • VMA group messaging forum

Membership Benefits

 Benefits for all Members

  • Professional and personal community and networking with other professional midwives, student-midwives, doulas and birth advocates

  • Knowing that by supporting VMA you are supporting an alliance of midwives fighting for improved out-of-hospital choices, safety and legality

  • Working with others towards legislative safeguards protecting midwifery

  • Being part of a legacy of midwives sharing knowledge from one generation to the next

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Benefits for CPMs, CNMs and other Midwives

  • Notifications and updates about most current state midwifery standards and policy changes

  • Midwifery leadership opportunities

  • The ability to explore and solve problems and issues related to practice with other professionals

  • Invitation to regional and statewide VMA meeting

  • Invitation to regional and statewide Peer Review meetings

  • Information about training, education, and certifications opportunities occurring in Virginia and neighboring states, including CEU eligible classes, NNR/NRP, CPR and others

  • Participation in the VMA group messaging platform and ability to receive VMA notifications

  • Voting and decision making ability within VMA so that you may have a voice in matters that benefit you, your clients, and your profession

  • Collaboration and sharing between midwives with diverse levels of experience

  • Sharing clinical tips with other midwives

  • Being informed of job opportunities as soon as they arise

  • Access to forms, templates and other practice related resources

  • Notification of potential new clients searching for a midwife

  • COMING SOON!  MENTORSHIP PROGRAM!

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