Transitions: Birth Services for Every Body

06/07/2025

Look, friends. Your midwives are tired. This week we had three births and two (partial) clinic days. Now we’re at Milwaukee Pride letting people know that community midwifery services are an option for every body. If you’re on the Pride grounds today, please stop by and see us!

[image: Tori and Lucky under the tent at Pride.]

05/02/2025

Are you interested in giving birth at home or at a birth suite, but you’re worried that it’s too late to change your plans or provider? If your pregnancy has been low risk, reach out to schedule a consultation! Transitions: Birth Services for Every Body accepts new clients up to 36 weeks when they’ve been getting regular care throughout their pregnancy.

Transitions Birth Services is a welcoming, inclusive midwifery practice providing out-of-hospital care for your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period in Milwaukee, WI. Lucky Tomaszek, LM, CPM, has spent more than 20 years as a birthworker and more than

04/11/2025

We are honored to be Medicaid providers in the state of Wisconsin. This bill would waste more than it could potentially save. The extra work to process applications twice a year instead of once would require hiring many, many new folks at DHS. And if it passes. It will directly impact the families we serve. Read this over, and if you feel moved please contact your state legislators to tell them not to support this wasteful, onerous piece of legislation. If enough of us speak out, it might not even make to the floor.

On Tuesday April 8th, the state legislature introduced AB 163, which would:

--Make people prove they are eligible to be in Medicaid (low enough income, assets, meet the functional screen etc.) two times every year instead of once a year.
--Make people apply every time (no automatic renewals, even if there have been no changes).
--Make people fill out the same information on forms even if the information is already recorded and has not changed (forms would not be pre-populated except for name and address), which increases the risk of administrative mistakes.
--Would take away Medicaid health and/or long term care coverage for 6 months if the Medicaid participant does not report any change that could affect their eligibility for Medicaid.
--Make DHS do an eligibility redetermination for all 1.2 Million people in Medicaid by January 1, 2026.

A public hearing has been scheduled on AB 163 for April 10th at 10:30 AM (State Capitol, Rm 330 Northeast).

Wisconsin already has a rigorous process to ensure all people who apply or renew their Medicaid coverage prove they are eligible for the program. Many state legislators are not aware of what families and people with disabilities must do every year to make sure they can get or stay in Medicaid programs like Family Care, IRIS, CLTS, MAPP, BadgerCare, the ForwardHealth card, etc.

Many people with disabilities and families find the current requirements to prove and re-prove they meet eligibility criteria time-consuming and complex. More paperwork, steps that are hard for people to understand or do, and time-sensitive deadlines can increase the risk for mistakes, which could mean loss of Medicaid coverage. People who do not have technology, don’t drive, who are ill or alone, or need plain language and clear steps to follow to complete tasks correctly could be more at risk of losing health care.

This bill is like a bill that passed in the 2021-2023 legislative session, and which was vetoed by the Governor.

You can contact your state legislators to tell them what you think of AB 163 even if you can't testify. Find your state legislators by typing address at top of this page: https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?lat=43.08744480560932&lon=-89.39789283492895

02/28/2025

Tamara spent six weeks this winter with us as a student midwife, and will be back again later in the spring. We are so happy to call her a member of our TBS family!

As a mother of 10, Tamara Thompson’s passion for birthwork began with her own journey into motherhood.

02/24/2025

If you're pregnant or postpartum and looking for your people, we invite you to The Little Village this Sunday for our perinatal mental health peer support group THIS SUNDAY 3/2! Bring a friend or find one there. This safe space includes childcare. Sign up on our website: https://ow.ly/bttB50V5G9n

02/19/2025

Beautiful!

By Alvaro Córdova in Cotacachi, Ecuador.

02/14/2025

01/22/2025

Hello friends (and folks who follow my page)! Throughout my career as both a midwife and s*xuality educator, I have found that most people want the same things: to know that they are normal. Over the course of the next year, I will be writing a book that directly addresses the topic of s*x during pregnancy and postpartum. I'll also be updating a class that I teach for other healthcare providers on this topic.

I've written a questionnaire about s*xuality in the childbearing year. The goal of the questionnaire is to illuminate the hidden realities of maintaining our s*xual and romantic relationships when as we grow our families. I also hope it will illustrate that though there is a wide range of typical experiences (so that no two peoples' individual lives look alike), there is very little that is actually abnormal.

All of the answers submitted to the questionnaire will be cataloged and reviewed for use during the writing of the book and shared with the readers. No personal details (such as name, email address, etc) will ever be attached to the information, so your identity is safe if you complete it.

The questionnaire should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete and is open to people of genders and orientations. If you've ever given birth, I'd love to hear from you! And if you're willing to share the questionnaire with your own network, I'd be ever so grateful.

Thank you!

This survey is for people (ages 18+) who have given birth vaginally or via cesarean, and who have had some level of s*xual activity (either alone or with a partner) since their most recent birth. I am a midwife and a s*xuality educator. Throughout my work in both fields, I have found that most peopl...

01/09/2025

Lucky is looking forward to discussing the ups and downs of s*xual health and pleasure during pregnancy and postpartum. Please join us on Tuesday, January 21, for Pregnant Pause: Sexuality in the Childbearing Year.

10/11/2024

Katy is a wonderful resource for families who working through birth trauma. She's been actively helping folks for many years and is an excellent source of support.

[Image: brown abstract background with text that reads, "Birth Trauma Support Circle / The second Sunday of the month / 12:00 - 2:00 pm / October 13, November 10, December 8, January 12 / $10 suggested donation / Held at The Center at 8 Branches.]

After having a challenging birth, you deserve support.

09/11/2024

Milwaukee area doulas: have you RSVP’d for our Doula Open House yet? Just follow the link in the event to let us know you’re coming!