During this crazy time is hard to plan two weeks ahead, much less plan your prenatal care and birth! If you know that the hospital isn’t the right place for you and your family, consider a midwife. If you want to learn more about what a midwife does and how safe home birth is, then check out my other blog posts here. If you are already weighing your options and want to reach out then please take advantage of this amazing mapping program. The Big Push for Midwives along with other midwifery organizations have launched this interactive map of midwives across the United States. Simply click or search for your state and learn if midwifery is legal where you live and what midwives practice in that area. Read below to learn more.

“‘Where’s My Midwife?’ Map Links Midwives to Pregnant People An Offering by The Big Push for Midwives Campaign (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Big Push for Midwives Campaign today announced it has launched the new Where's My Midwife? community mapping tool (https://wheresmymidwife.ushahidi.io) to help connect midwives trained in out-of-hospital birth with people whose babies may need to be born in out-of-hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent weeks, reports show the demand for home birth has increased dramatically. While a complete formal contact directory of midwives in the U.S. does not exist, the Big Push has activated its PushState network of midwives to help families, including those who planned a hospital birth, but who do not want to go to an overwhelmed hospital crowded with COVID-19 patients or be forced to give birth alone.”