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It was SUNY Downstate. I had a great experience there--small class size and a small faculty to work with, then the outside preceptors. Being a hospital-based RN, I felt that this program covered more of the Well Woman and OB aspects I was used to. We didn't get too much into the alternative things like homeopathy, massage, etc but opportunities were there for independent exploration or to connect with someone who did those things. My classmates were diverse so they had a lot of resources themselves into things like homebirth, etc, and some had experience in OB nursing or lay midwifery from other parts of the country. I came in basically "green" to the OB world except for L&D nursing, and I think I got a great education that paired nicely with my Critical Care background.

I attended a program in Brooklyn NY and graduated in 2002- I was an RN for several years before going back. The classes were broken into the different phases of pregnancy: Antepartum, Intrapartum, Post Partum/Neonatal, with Well Woman and Menopause attached to different sections. I learned all the hand skills of delivery plus those necessary for a pelvic exam and was exposed to the advanced skills during clinical time. There is a seperate OB Pharmacology course in my program and there was an option for those without an MS to finish with an MS in Midwifery

Both non-nurses and RNs were in my Midwifery class--we learned the same material and the same expectations were there for both of us. The requirements to graduate were the same, and the tests were the same. The only difference was for licensing--RNs became CNMs and the non RNs became CMs (and we took the same exam!)