Birth Matters' 2008 Annual Awards Gathering and Fundraiser
2008 Keynote Speaker~ Cara Muhlhahn, CNM
Cara Muhlhahn, CNM, of NYC, is the featured midwife in Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein’s documentary The Business of Being Born. She is a dynamic, energetic speaker who is passionate about birth! Birth Matters Virginia is honored to have her as the Keynote Speaker for our Award Ceremony this year. This will be a unique opportunity to hear Cara speak more about the “business of being born” – both in real life and behind the scenes of the documentary.
Cara graduated from the Columbia University School of Nursing and the SUNY Downstate Health Science Center in Brooklyn’s Midwifery Education Program. She received her Certificate of Nurse-Midwifery in 1991. Cara has practiced in the hospital and birth center settings and currently runs Cara Muhlhahn Midwifery www.cmmidwifery.com She lives in Manhattan with her son Liam.
“During my adolescence and early adulthood, I realized how much my personality fit with a life of service. Growing up the second oldest in a family of five girls was a good foundation for understanding how similar and yet uniquely individual each woman’s personal expression can be. That was the beginning.
After almost 30 years of learning and practicing Midwifery, I have come to realize that I have chosen well. With each passing year, I discover that the work that I naturally love to do has many rewards that I never anticipated when I began: the art of refining clinical judgment calls, for one. I have realized that being in a healing profession is a natural extension of my character. It is what I am made to do. It is what I am called to do.”
~Cara Muhlhahn (taken from “Cara on Becoming a Midwife”) www.cmmidwifery.com
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Cara Muhlhahn, CNM, of NYC, is the featured midwife in Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein’s documentary The Business of Being Born. She is a dynamic, energetic speaker who is passionate about birth! Birth Matters Virginia is honored to have her as the Keynote Speaker for our Award Ceremony this year. This will be a unique opportunity to hear Cara speak more about the “business of being born” – both in real life and behind the scenes of the documentary. 
