12/31/2025
This conversation is SO important.
An important open access article released this week in the *Green Journal highlighting ongoing evidence of a critical OB GYN workforce shortage and distribution across the United States.
“By 2035, all but SIX states are projected to experience inadequate supplies of ob-gyns, with a particularly severe shortfall in nonmetropolitan areas. Mitigation strategies include expanding the ob-gyn pipeline, retaining the existing workforce, INTEGRATING advanced-practice clinicians using technology to extend reach, and optimizing care-delivery models.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40997332/
The US model of maternity care predominantly rendered by ob’s vs. a midwife remains inverse to provider roles in most EU countries. While other countries have embraced midwifery for centuries the US continues to sideline midwives value, scope and role.
Will this predicted and now escalating ob shortage finally move the pendulum to mainstreaming midwives role in maternity care? We will find out in the next 10 years.
In the meantime THANK YOU to all the US midwives working day after day to support, educate and provide SAFE comprehensive care while many experience harsh workplace expectations and wildly undervalued.
If you are interested to start or scale midwifery-led care in your community, including hospital settings, we have the expert team and are
