On April 1st, the administration halted funding for a network of clinics, including midwifery practices and birth centers, across the country. Title X is the only federal program solely dedicated to affordable preventive health services and family planning. It helps ensure that people who are uninsured, underinsured, or living with the impacts of poverty and systemic inequity can access birth control, STI care, and cancer screenings.

Before medical industrial maternal health systems rooted in capitalism and forced regulation, birth was seen as a sacred, harmonious, and a joyful communal experience guided with integrity for new life, where mothers and babies thrived. Before birth became controlled, commodified and capitalized, it was honored through earth-based, Indigenous practices. Midwifery has always existed—long before it was institutionalized or licensed—passed from midwife to midwife, through oral tradition and sacred apprenticeship.

There was a time when birth was sacred, when women, birthing bodies, and babies were held with reverence, love, sacred care and ancestral wisdom. Birth is a ceremony rooted in song, nature, spirit, and community. The childbirth journey historically has been guided by midwives anchored with calm nervous systems who brought balance, harmony and ancestral knowing into homes and birthing rooms, who walked with medicine and care as healers, storytellers, and spiritual protectors, carrying the knowledge of generations in their bones, hands, and hearts.

Register today for NACPM's Annual Meeting!

Date:Thursday, March 27, 2025

Time: 2:00–4:00 PM EDT

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Join us this Thursday for NACPM’s Annual Meeting, where we’ll reflect on our 2024 achievements, share our vision for 2025, and hear from an incredible guest speaker, Kimberly Durdin—a powerhouse midwife, advocate, and leader in birth justice.

Bid in NACPM’s Silent Auction & Support Midwifery!

In celebration of NACPM’s25th anniversary, we’ve launched amonthly silent auction! Each month, a Board Member highlights an auction item and shares their“why” behind supporting NACPM’s mission.

NACPM warmly invites you to join us for our first quarter Midwifery Student Social Hour, a dedicated time for connecting with fellow student midwives and discussing the unique challenges and opportunities within the midwifery journey.

New updates in midwifery news + research.

Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) have long held a critical role in ensuring accessible, high-quality maternity care across diverse communities. As the CPM profession continues to grow and evolve, so does our responsibility to maintain and communicate a comprehensive, consistent framework for quality, education, practice, and ethics.

You are invited to NACPM’s 10th Annual Meeting!

This special edition focuses onstate updates, highlighting the incredible work happening across the country to advance midwifery care, expand licensure, and strengthen advocacy efforts. We are thrilled to see so much momentum building at the state level and can’t wait to share these updates with you.

Thank you for staying engaged—your support and involvement make all the difference!

NACPM is excited to introduce a brand-newmembership benefit—alimited-time opportunity to accessUpToDate at adiscounted rate!

The year 2025 brings a shift in leadership at all levels of government and with it, policy changes that may have significant impacts on midwives and the communities we serve. This election ignites many complex issues, evoking a range of emotions as we collectively navigate what these changes mean for ourselves, our families, loved ones, our profession, and our scope of practice.

2025 New updates in midwifery news + research.

The TMaH Model’s emphasis on expanding midwifery and doula services marks a pivotal moment for maternal health advocacy. Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) are uniquely equipped to deliver the kind of individualized, patient-centered care that this initiative seeks to promote. By investing in midwifery-led models of care, the TMaH Model aligns with research showing that midwives can significantly reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality while improving overall patient satisfaction.

Tis the Season for Well-Deserved Rest

To the CPMs who may miss family time this season because they’ve made themselves available to support a birth.

To the birth center owners who have carefully planned coverage for their practice, ensuring the entire team—who have more than earned time off—can rest.

To the educators who have thoughtfully crafted next year’s curriculum with care and precision.

And to the CPM students driving across the country with a small child in tow after dedicating countless unpaid hours to their calling.

We see you.

Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public Health Approach:

NACPM is thrilled to celebrate the recognition of Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice, the review service of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

The Black Maternal Health Caucus recently shared several important opportunities to get involved in advancing health equity through new initiatives and advisory committees. These initiatives aim to address systemic barriers, improve outcomes, and expand education and leadership in maternal and child health.

These opportunities are critical steps toward addressing health disparities and ensuring equitable maternal and child healthcare. We encourage schools, organizations, and individuals in our community to explore these programs and apply or nominate candidates where applicable.

The incoming Legislative and Policy Advisor has an exciting opportunity to support the growth of integration of the CPM profession at the state and federal level. In support of the ED and the board, the Legislative and Policy Advisor will be essential in helping to forward innovation in perinatal health equity and reproductive justice.

The recent election finds our community holding a range of emotions. As NACPM’s Treasurer, I want to acknowledge this moment and hold space for all of us to process the results, take stock of what they mean for our work, and move forward together with intention and care.