Thursday, March 28, 2024

YNM Member Story: Onidis Lopez, DNP, ACNM, CNM-BC

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For Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), we are highlighting Hispanic/Lantinx midwives. I am a Hispanic-born midwife from Miami, Florida. My parents are from Central America and the Caribbean. My father is from...

Passing of Sister Jeanne Meurer, CNM, FACNM, MS, FSM

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We are saddened to share the recent passing of Sister Jeanne Meurer, Fellow and past Vice President of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and 2002 recipient of ACNM's Hattie Hemschemeyer Award. Below is her...

YNM Member Story: Nicky Tomblin, CNM

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Share your story: What does midwifery mean to you? What would you like to be celebrated in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife? Midwifery means being with women; it means being an advocate...

YNM Member Story: Ellen Solis, CNM

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Share your story: What does midwifery mean to you? What would you like to be celebrated in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife? Midwifery means having the training, education, and capacity to reach...

After All These Years, I Still Love It

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My day starts at 5 AM, when I go out for a run to relax and think. I arrive at hospital at 7:30 AM, where nurses greet me with a chorus of “hellos”. Something...

Passing of Barbara Hughes, CNM, FACNM

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In the early morning of July 3rd, Barbara Hughes, CNM, FACNM died peacefully in her home. She was surrounded with love by those near and far. Barbara was a midwifery pioneer in Colorado, graduating from University...

YNM Member Story: Deborah Brown, CNM

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Share your story: What does midwifery mean to you? What would you like to be celebrated in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife? I’m proud to be a Certified Nurse-Midwife, celebrating my first...

YNM Member Story: Charlotte Morris, DNP, CNM, FACNM

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Share your story: What does midwifery mean to you? What would you like to be celebrated in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife? Midwifery means having the privilege to be with women. In...

Passing of Judith Rooks, CNM, MPH, MS

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We are saddened to share the recent passing of Judith Rooks, CNM, MPH, MS, past-president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Judith was an epidemiologist with many years’ service at the U.S. Centers for...

Birthing in the Time of Corona

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Tears accompany the layers between us...  how rude to our psyches this new birthing is. The masks, shields, filters... earnestly muting our fullest expressions. It’s a task to breathe and speak in that gentle birthing way....