Simply HomeBirth Midwifery Services

08/03/2025

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced it will no longer accept government funds due to “recent changes in federal funding laws and regulations.”

08/03/2025

The author worked as a nurse midwife in the 1960s, helping women deliver their babies in the mountains of Kentucky. This photo was taken during the making of a film about the work midwives were doing in Leslie County, Kentucky.

The author worked as a nurse midwife in the 1960s, helping women deliver their babies in the mountains of Kentucky. This photo was taken during the making of a film

02/11/2025

“Why is it so hard for our society to grasp the realness of birth?”

11/19/2024

https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/columnists/maternal-health-care-must-be-improved-not-politicized-column/article_5a32a660-a288-11ef-8fa1-6ba27657e274.html

In a nation divided — where 76 million American citizens voted for Donald Trump’s reelection while 73 million Americans voted to keep Kamala Harris in the White House — I

06/27/2024

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/06/27/midwifery-maternity-care-desert-health-birth-center/stories/202406270033

Babies are our future, and that means our nation's future depends on every expectant mother having access to quality maternity care. Unfortunately, many...

04/26/2024

“…Penny’s biggest gift was daring people to imagine the childbirth care we all deserve.
Penny’s work inspired everything I do,” said Dr. Neel Shah, now chief medical officer at the Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women and families, and a former professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School.

As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well.