Training

• How did you become a midwife?
• What was your academic training?
• What was your clinical training?
• How many births have you attended?

Philosophy

• What is your philosophy of care?
• Why are you a midwife?

Certification

• Are you certified as a CPM or CNM?
• Why or why not?

Services

• What do your services include?
• Is prenatal care at my home or your office?
• Where is lab work done? Is there an additional cost for lab work?
• What lab work do you recommend?
• How many postpartum visits to you recommend?
• Do you offer childbirth classes?
• Do you attend waterbirth?
• Do you rent birthing tubs?
• What do you expect of me (us) the expectant mother (parents)?

Assistants

• Who will you bring to my birth: a partner, an assistant, an apprentice?
• What is each person’s role?

Back Up

• How many births do you attend per month?
• What happens if two or more mothers are birthing at the same time?
• Have you ever missed a birth? Why?
• Who is your back up if you can’t make it to the birth?
• Can I meet them in advance?
• Do you have any time off planned during my pregnancy?

Complications/ Transport

• What is your experience with complications and how do you handle them?
• What equipment do you bring to births?
• Under what circumstances would you transfer care during pregnancy, birth, or postpartum?
• Do you have a preferred hospital that you transport to?

Payment

• What is your fee?
• What does it include?
• What does it not include?
• When does it need to be paid by?
• Can you provide a receipt so I can submit to my insurance?
• What is refundable or non-refundable if I move or change care providers or my care is transferred during my pregnancy?

When your interview is over, ask yourself:

• Do I like her?
• Do I feel comfortable with her?
• Do I trust her?
• Do I want her at my birth?