The US has 2 levels of obstetrics professionals -- MD/DO and Certified Nurse Midwife. CNM's are nurse practitioners with a Masters or Doctorate degree. They d

The US has 2 levels of obstetrics professionals -- MD/DO and Certified Nurse Midwife. CNM's are nurse practitioners with a Masters or Doctorate degree. They don't do surgery, and the smart ones don't do births outside the hospital. In the US you also have "Professional Midwives", Doula's and Certified Professional Midwifes -- none of which have any real health care training requirements. In most other countries when they speak of midwifes, they mean nurse midwives.