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Barbara Rawlings, CPM is a Certified Professional Midwife , a National credential granted through the
'North American Registry of Midwives' (NARM) and was trained
through apprenticeship, formal and informal study.
I began my practice of midwifery in 1976 in Boise, ID, moved to the
Panhandle in 1978 and have attended over 700 births in Idaho,
Montana and British Columbia. I have been a CPR/First Aid Instructor
since 1986, am a founding member of the Idaho Midwifery Council (IMC), the state professional organization for midwives since 1980 and
currently serve as IMC President. I have been a Certified Senior
Midwife (CSM) in Idaho since 1988 and achieved my CPM status in
1997. I continue my education and training through regular study groups , peer review , workshops, trainings, conferences and reading.
I am married to Paul, my high school sweetheart. We have two grown children, Jill and Christopher , who are wonderful adults and my cherished friends and
teachers. Both were born in the hospital, Jill a fast natural birth
and Chris a distressing but “normal routine” hospital birth that led me to the work I do today. We also have a beautiful granddaughter, Amber, who was born at home and I was fortunate enough to receive her into my hands at birth. I consider these my most amazing
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