The tuition is very steep - about $70K when it's all said and done. That's not including travel costs for required trips to campus (airfare, hotel, meals, etc) and you have to attend an annual conference of the American College of Nurse Midwives, which is a few days, so there is registration fee for that, plus more hotel/travel....
The price tag is daunting but I'm pushing forward.
I'm not and never have been an L&D nurse but my experience is a few years of Med/Surg and a few years of OB/GYN in the clinic setting. I quit working altogether in order to attend the program full-time (working, doing the program, and having a family all at once is impossible for me)