Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative

01/19/2026

Today, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a visionary whose courage and sacrifice forever changed the course of our nation.

WE are Dr. King’s legacy.

Every voice raised against injustice, every action taken to fight inequity, continues the tradition of progress he championed. We owe it to him—and to ourselves—not to let anyone drag us back to darker times.

So, we ask: What does honoring Dr. King look like to you? Let’s keep his dream alive.

01/15/2026

Now opening our training to community members in Hillsdale County, who worked closely with the postpartum population!   

01/15/2026

01/13/2026

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01/13/2026

Wonderful news!

2025 Community Impact Series 💗

Michigan reached its lowest recorded infant mortality rate in state history and MDHHS continues to focus efforts on keeping moms and babies healthy through the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies initiative that was launched in 2021 to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities. It includes the expansion of postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year after birth and programs designed to assist families through pregnancy, birth and beyond, such as doula services and the Centering Pregnancy model of care.

Read more about this work here: https://bit.ly/43PYjfQ.

01/12/2026

Breastfeeding check, where you mamas breastfeeding from today?

01/12/2026

Come join our Mom Meet Up! Let the kids blow of steam and enjoy each other. See you Wednesday!

01/12/2026

Now opening registration to Hillsdale community members! Please join us in this training, addressing critical warning, signs in early postpartum! 

Attention perinatal professionals and birth workers of Hillsdale! Join us for a special urgent maternal warning signs training on Monday, January 26th from 11am-2pm at the Hillsdale ISD building! Click the link in our bio register!

01/09/2026

Three of our Better Birth Jackson Members (left to right: Alexandra, Kristen and Emma) plus another doula (Chandra) attended today's Doula Support in the OR training by University of Michigan - Sparrow Hospital. They recently started allowing doulas to support their clients in the operating room if a cesarean birth is needed as long as the doula has taken Sparrow's OR doula support training.

It was a lovely time of chatting with the nurses who did the training. We love collaboration! They did a presentation of what to expect before, during, and after surgical births. They explained the different staff roles, what recovery may look like, urgent maternal warning signs, showed us how to take a blood pressure with an at-home blood pressure reading cuff (so that we can teach clients how to take their own blood pressure at home if needed), and showed us what the OR looks like. It was great to chat with the nurses, ask questions and walk through different scenarios so that we can better prepare and support our clients who many need a cesarean birth at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

Many of us doulas have experience supporting cesarean births (both planned and unplanned) at other hospitals and now we're excited to say that Sparrow will now be one of them.

01/06/2026

Attention perinatal professionals and birth workers of Hillsdale! Join us for a special urgent maternal warning signs training on Monday, January 26th from 11am-2pm at the Hillsdale ISD building! Click the link in our bio register!

12/22/2025

Home visitors and birth workers of Hillsdale! Join us for a special urgent maternal warning signs training on Monday, January 26th from 11am-2pm at the Hillsdale ISD building! Register here: https://forms.gle/ETLmuiJ4UWLuu38M8 visitors