Midwives schedule

The work schedule of the certified nurse midwives I have worked with is just as grueling as a doctor's schedule. As a midwife, you are often on call at all hours; you are expected to be available 24/7 while you are......you will keep office hours for prenatal and well-woman checkups and care---and you will be delivering babies at all hours of the night, as well. If you are on call, you will possibly be up working in excess of 24 hours-plus, straight. Our midwives were on-call 2-3 times a week.

It's hard if you have a young family to do this....but it's done, ask any midwife. HOW they do it, each has her own way. Some have family and/or significant others who fill in and help w/childcare and housework/maintanence.

It's not easy, but if your heart is in it, you should go for it. Try and shadow or talk to a midwife about this and see what you think. GOOD LUCK!!!!

Your schedule depends on where you work, how many patients you have and how many practicing partners are in your group.

I will be graduating as a CNM this fall and do not have a job yet.

The practice I did my practicum in has 3 CNM's and 4 OB/GYN's. Each CNM has her own pt load and is on call for own deliveries all week unless they sign out for the weekend, ect. They each do 4 clinic days a week as well.

My instructors on the other hand have about 8 CNM's in their group and are covered by the hospital MD's and Residents 24/7. Some of them don't do deliveries anymore because they are doing education, Some just do 2 clinic days a week and others do 2 clinic days and 2 call days a week.

I know some CNM's that just do office visits, while others are hired by a hospital to work the triage area.

So If you want to be a CNM, there are a variety of jobs when you are done..

Good Luck.. I am still searching for a job when I am done.