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• Midwife

  Other Service Providers

  Primary

  A Midwife is a trained professional with special expertise in supporting women to maintain a healthy pregnancy birth, offering expert individualized care, education, counseling, and support to a woman and her newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. A Midwife is a skilled and independent practitioner who has undergone formalized training. Midwives are not required to be nurses and may be trained via multiple routes of education (apprenticeship, workshop, formal classes, or programs, etc., usually a combination). The educational background requirements and licensing requirements vary by state. The Midwife may or may not be certified by a state or national organization.

  Taxonomy code 176B00000X

• Registered Nurse

  Lactation Consultant

  Nursing Service Providers

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  Taxonomy code 163WL0100X

• Lactation Consultant, Non-RN

  Other Service Providers

  An individual trained to provide breastfeeding assistance services to both mothers and infants. Lactation Consultants are not required to be nurses and are trained through specific courses of education. The Lactation Consultant may have additional certification through a national or international organization.

  Taxonomy code 174N00000X

• Clinic/Center

  Birthing

  Ambulatory Health Care Facilities

  A freestanding birth center is a health facility other than a hospital where childbirth is planned to occur away from the pregnant woman's residence, and that provides prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care, as well as other ambulatory services for women and newborns.

  Taxonomy code 261QB0400X

• Doula

  Nursing Service Related Providers

  Doulas work in a variety of settings and have been trained to provide physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and just after birth and/or provide emotional and practical support to a mother during the postpartum period.

  Taxonomy code 374J00000X