Male nurse and midwifery

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My only reason for going through nursing school has been to become a midwife. However, anytime I share this goal, I am met with disapproval and being told "good luck trying to get any patients." As someone who wants to support the queer community, this is disheartening and exhausting. Why are male OBGYN's okay, but the moment you want to be a nurse midwife, you're told "well, females are just so much gentler"?

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

You should pursue it, I'm sure there are other male midwives. In San Francisco, I know of one...SFGH Midwife

This is a commentary written by an Australian male midwife: Men in Midwifery

 

 

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There is a sitcom The Delivery Man (2015) about a cop that becomes a Nurse Midwife with story lines that include various challenges of being a man in that specialty.

I understand the frustration and exhaustion. 

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Corey Narry said:

You should pursue it, I'm sure there are other male midwives. In San Francisco, I know of one...SFGH Midwife

This is a commentary written by an Australian male midwife: Men in Midwifery

Thank you so much for that contact information! I know of a couple male midwives up in San Francisco, and I am just so blown away by them.

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