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Birthwise Midwifery School is a three-year school founded in Bridgton, Maine in 1994. Built on the principles of female empowerment, natural birth, and skilled professionalism, it offers one of the first comprehensive training programs for direct-entry midwives in the United States. The program is accredited by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council and licensed by the Maine Department of Education.
- August 15, 2018
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Admission Deadline: Midwifery Assistant Program
August 15, 2018
Apply for the midwifery assistant program: birthwisemidwifery.edu/admissions/apply-for-the-midwifery-assistant-program.
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- August 17, 2018
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Registration Deadline: August Doula Workshop
August 17, 2018
Register for the doula workshop: birthwisemidwifery.edu/admissions/register-for-doula-training.
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- August 18, 2018
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DONA Doula Workshop
Birthwise Midwifery School, 24 S High St, Bridgton, ME 04009, USAAugust 18, 2018 9:00 am - August 19, 2018 5:00 pm
The DONA International Birth Doula Workshop, presented by Tara Campbell of Birthing Gently, is a sixteen-hour, two-day workshop that introduces students to the basic body of knowledge and skills of the professional birth doula. Learn more: birthwisemidwifery.edu/academics/doula-training.
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- August 19, 2018
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DONA Doula Workshop
Birthwise Midwifery School, 24 S High St, Bridgton, ME 04009, USAAugust 18, 2018 9:00 am - August 19, 2018 5:00 pm
The DONA International Birth Doula Workshop, presented by Tara Campbell of Birthing Gently, is a sixteen-hour, two-day workshop that introduces students to the basic body of knowledge and skills of the professional birth doula. Learn more: birthwisemidwifery.edu/academics/doula-training.
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Midwifery Matters
Birthwise's biannual journal of research and evidence-based information for out-of-hospital midwives
Latest Issue
Spring 2018
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The Birth House
Birthwise’s freestanding birth center and free community clinic
Together, staff midwives and Birthwise Midwifery School students run The Birth House, an on-site clinic that offers free Well Woman and reproductive health services to the community’s women. Students may also assist women giving birth at the freestanding birth center.
The Birth House services include:
| Births & Prenatal Care | Annual Well Body Exams |
| Breast Exams | Pap Smears |
| Nutritional Counseling | Family Planning Counseling |
| Fertility Awareness Education | Routine screening for STIs and GYN infections |
