The California Association of Midwives (CAM) is a non-profit professional organization representing midwives statewide. CAM membership includes midwives, students, and a supporting membership of other healthcare professionals and consumers. We invite all midwives in California to join us in creating a vital, collaborative perinatal healthcare system. CAM general and regional meetings are open to the public.
CAM Supports:

• Recognition of midwives as primary care givers and experts in normal childbirth.
• The right of women to have access to midwives at home, in freestanding birth centers and in hospitals.
• A variety of educational routes to midwifery practice, including apprenticeship, independent study, and formal coursework, and acceptance of midwives from diverse educational backgrounds.

Midwife members of CAM come from diverse educational backgrounds with many different styles of practice. Together we are a strong voice for the highest and safest standard of maternity care—
Midwifery!

CAM Goals

• To provide education to the general public regarding the proven safety of childbirth at home with a skilled midwife in attendance.
• To provide educational opportunities to all midwives and students.
• To work collaboratively with other organizations to assure consumer choice in childbirth
• To pursue state laws and regulations that will be responsive to the needs of women and midwives and will protect the open and autonomous practice of all forms of midwifery in California.
• To represent midwives coming from all routes of entry and all styles of practice whether they choose to be independent or licensed, thereby promoting unity through diversity.

Your membership helps CAM meet these goals, protect the interests of midwives, and safeguard the rights and choices of birthing families. We ask that you join today in the category most appropriate for you. All members receive our quarterly newsletter, midwife members can be listed on our referral page. An additional donation of any size is welcome and tax deductible.

Join CAM by Snail Mail

You can join, renew, and donate online or you can download the printable form and mail it in with your check.

Click here for a pdf file of the CAM membership application you may print, fill out, and mail in to join CAM.

Join CAM using PayPal

PayPal is a well-known and respected method of making and accepting payments over the internet. Perhaps you already have a PayPal account? If not, you can set up your PayPal account at the same time as paying your CAM dues. For more information about PayPal, click here.