Jill Duggar Just Announced Her New Company
After having two babies of her own, TLC star Jill Duggar-Dillard recently announced on Instagram that she helped deliver a baby! And as soon as that post went up, some Instagram followers questioned whether she is really qualified to assist in the birth process as a midwife.
A post shared by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on Apr 19, 2018 at 11:13am PDT
"It IS questionable. She doesn’t have a nursing degree," wrote one Instagram user. Another commented, "You're nuts to want her to deliver your baby. She's not a midwife."
However, Jill does have a certification as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). She showed off her certificate on Instagram when she earned it back in 2015.
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A post shared by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on Oct 2, 2015 at 9:48am PDT
A CPM is a qualified midwife, but it's not the highest certification a midwife can earn. That would be a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), who is a registered nurse with additional training in midwifery.
Still, Jill's CPM certificate - which required "training, education, and supervised clinical experience, followed by successful completion of a written examination," according to the North American Registry of Midwives - is very valid.
Plus, it's not like she hasn't done this before:
A post shared by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on Sep 20, 2016 at 9:36am PDT
Some outlets have reported that Jill actually started a company called "Labor Sit." She has yet to announce if that's true, but it's possible considering she no longer appears on Counting On, after her husband, Derrick Dillard was fired from the show in November 2017 for making transphobic remarks. Since then, it's been somewhat unclear if the couple is consistently employed.
Given how big her family is, we guess that Jill might be helping deliver some of her own nieces or nephews soon. After all, her sister Jinger is expecting her first baby in a few months!
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