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Okay well I am seventeen and I dropped out of high school in my second year of ninth grade because I got pregnant and had no help. I am currently in the process of getting my GED and I have always wanted to be a midwife. This is what I read somewhere. "A Certified Nurse Midwife requires you to go to nursing school to achieve a BSN, get your RN license, work in L&D for a minimum of 1 year, then go to graduate school for a master's degree in nursing. I should say, currently CNMs require a master's level education, but in 2015 I believe is when the changeover will happen that you need a doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) degree, which is another 2-3 years beyond a master's degree. Once you graduate from a CNM program you take a certification exam to earn the title of CNM." I was wondering if this is the easiest or best/smartest way to go about it as a single mom with an eighteen month old daughter? Please help!