UR Midwifery Group

11/12/2025

Beloved Birth 50 by 50 is a bold, shared goal to rally the political will, resources, and public support for midwives to grow midwifery care infrastructure that all families deserve. Take a look at this initiative and if you believe the US needs more midwives, sign the pledge and spread word! Tell your politicians, public health folks, friends, family, physicians, and community organizations why midwifery matters to you.

Join the movement to transform U.S. birth care: Beloved Birth 50 by 50 is a bold vision to ensure that by 2050, 50% of babies are born under midwifery-led, community-rooted care. Led by Birth Center Equity, this initiative centers equity, justice, and beloved community.

11/12/2025

We were lucky enough to be able to attend the 14th Annual Dr. Bernard Guyer Lecture in Public Health today where Leseliey Welch, MPH, MBA was the keynote speaker (CEO and Co-Founder of Birth Center Equity and Birth Detroit). She is quite the amazing human who is working to promote midwifery led care in all communities (and, in particular BIPOC communities, who face significantly worse maternal and neonatal outcomes).

Shout out to Leseliey Welch of Birth Detroit for her incredible piece published in Ms. Magazine titled How We Can Turn Away From Medicalized Birth Culture and Reset the U.S. Birth Care System. ✒️ ❤️

Here is just one beautiful snippet of what she's written:
"In the face of crumbling systems, Grace Lee Boggs told us that 'now is the time to grow our souls.' Now is also the time to grow our courage. We have decades of maternal health research, public health strategy history, midwifery wisdom and a not-to-do list from a failed system to draw upon."
Could not have been more beautifully put. We encourage you all to read the full piece here:
https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/24/birth-midwife-hospital-black-women-maternal-health/

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

If you are newly pregnant, please call us at 585-275-7892 to sign up for Centering! It is a very well researched model of prenatal care that has high satisfaction rates and improved outcomes for pregnancy and birth. We are thrilled to finally be bringing this back from a long hiatus due to COVID. If you are looking for intimate involvement in your own care, value increased prenatal, birth and postpartum education and want to meet others who are also experiencing pregnancy, Centering is for you!

10/12/2025

Happy Midwifery Week!
Love, your midwives

Thanks to Skyforge Media for our updated group photo!

08/28/2025

Celebrating our beloved Pam!
As many of you know, Pam officially retired this month. We know Pam touched many lives over her long career as a midwife. We would like to invite anyone (patients, nurses, doulas, providers) who have memories or special moments with Pam to please share them here: https://forms.gle/T9YxYVDWbWzwFDtSA

In addition, we know she would love to see any pictures you have of her, of your birth, or of the babies she helped "catch"! If you would rather, you can also e-mail them or attach a document to molly_sherwood@urmc.rochester.edu. They can be funny, heartfelt, short or long - just as long as they come from your heart. We will compile and share all of them with Pam in a celebration of her career on September 6th.