BirthCare HealthCare (BCHC) is a collaborative practice of certified nurse midwives and women’s health nurse practitioners. Our team of midwives and nurse practitioners work together to care for you ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Angela Phillips had been in labor for almost three days when ...
On Friday, Jan. 2, Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina-based midwife, died due to childbirth complications during the ...
For many women, a nurse midwife is the perfect choice for their pregnancy or gynecology care. A nurse midwife is a registered nurse who receives extra training from an accredited midwifery program and ...
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Freestanding birth centers closing as maternity care gaps grow, especially in rural areas
Hospital labor and delivery units are shuttering across the nation — including more than two dozen in 2025 alone.
If you’ve ever wondered who really helps bring a baby into the world besides doctors, midwives and doulas are the unsung heroes every parent should know about. For centuries, midwives and doulas have ...
Giving birth in America is not safe enough. And when the person giving birth is Black, it is just plain dangerous. In 2021 the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 2.6 times the rate for white ...
I became a midwife after working as a doula for 10 years. I came into the work with the knowledge and concern for the lack of safety that is espoused to Black women and birthing people that I ...
Last summer, as deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic were spiking, I was looking for a story about life when I came across a GoFundMe page where two Black midwives, Allegra Hill and Kimberly Durdin, were ...
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