Access
To Midwives

We’re working to improve the health of pregnant people and babies by increasing access to midwifery care.

California Families for Access to Midwives (CFAM) is a grassroots consumer advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure that all California families have access to safe, affordable midwifery care.

Advocates of healthy and affordable birth options

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The Midwifery Model of Care

Monitoring the physical, psychological, and social well-being of the pregnant person throughout the childbearing cycle

Providing the client with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support

Minimizing technological interventions

Identifying and referring people who require obstetrical attention

As any person who has experienced the midwifery model of care will tell you, midwives provide unparalleled physical, emotional and wellness support during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.

The application of this client-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.