A recent article titled “NYS, NYC Officials Pledged To Reduce Maternal Mortality—Then The Pandemic Struck” was released by gothamist.com. Below is a partial excerpt but you can read the full article here. A hand-painted sign that read “Black Mamas Matter!” leaned against a section of the exterior fence that separated Queens Hospital Center from 164th Street. One-by-one on October 17th, attendees approached a portable mic to demand an overhaul of New York’s maternal health care system. This rally, and another held in May at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was in direct response to anoth ..read more

The American College of Nurse-Midwives has endorsed this statement. AABC_Statement_on_Neonatal_M The post AABC Statement on Neonatal Mortality first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

Here is the 2021 Memorandum of Support for the NYS Legislature’s bill A259a / S1414a.  The bill has passed the Assembly as of March 13, 2021, but is still in the Senate Health Committee.2021 MOS Midwifery Birth Centers The post Midwifery Birth Centers first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

The Quality Committee has published updated and expanded guidelines for Community Birth. 2020_NYSALM_Guidelines_Community Birth_5-20_Final The post 2020 Guidelines for Community Birth first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

Black Lives Matter_ Put an End to State-Sponsored and Police Violence The post Black Lives Matter: Put an End to State-Sponsored and Police Violence A Statement from the American College of Nurse-Midwives first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

In 2012, a group of midwives and birth support persons visited NY midwives for one week; they now sent us the following message of support as we struggle with the COVID crisis here. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__m.youtube.com_watch-3Ffeature-3Dyoutu.be-26v-3DYWxmUxUsU70&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=-J1OUHafr7BSZ3jmXk6aSw&m=RgHuxwouDYCecdaXgiT88lXp7Ck7lQIh6grnRPJjhLw&s=VHP9F7bHx6TlQS_SHP2YVcAYA-P-iov4Nr-VGlKbDus&e= The post Video Message from Dutch Midwives to NY Midwives during the COVID crisis first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

Kira Smith LM, originally from Syracuse, https://www.syracuse.com/…/from-syracuse-to-the-sudan-nurse-midwife-sees- patients-in-the-backs-of-trucks-and-under-shade-trees.html is featured in this article from February 2020. The post From Syracuse to the Sudan: Nurse-midwife sees patients in the backs of trucks and under shade trees first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/wnyc/#file=/audio/json/1008090/&share=1″> NYM Midwives President Sascha James-Conterelli is a guest on this episode from NYC Public Radio. The post Pregnancy in the Time of COVID-19; the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

Follow this link to Redbook magazine.  https://www.redbookmag.com/life/charity/g32008730/heroic-acts-pandemic/ The post Heroic Acts of Nurses & Midwives During the COVID-19 Pandemic first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more

This letter to families from NYC Midwives about the COVID-19 pandemic offers some resources that pregnant folks may find helpful.  Stay healthy! NYC Midwives Letter to Families The post NYC Midwives Letter to Families re COVID-19 first appeared on New York Midwives ..read more