Trinity Midwifery

04/23/2026

YOU NEED YOUR TESTIMONY HEARD! Midwifery regulations about YOUR body and where YOU can birth are being written!

Written testimony accepted through April 23 at 5:00 PM

You can email a short message to:

📧 Reg.Testimony@mass.gov
Subject: BRMW Regulations

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WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT:

Keep it simple and real. No need to be formal.

You can share:
• Why you chose a midwife or homebirth
• What your experience was like
• How this care impacted you (emotionally, physically, financially)
• What it meant to feel safe, heard, and respected
• Why access to this option matters for families
• Concerns about losing access if regulations become restrictive such as oversight and OBGYN consultations, non-emergent transfer policies for common informed choice/consent for monitoring at home, transfer at 42 weeks, no VBA2C, etc.

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EXAMPLES (to guide you)

You might write something like:
• “My midwife was the only provider who truly listened to me about my concerns and helped me navigate my choices.”
• “Homebirth allowed me to feel safe after a previous traumatic hospital experience.”
• “Without access to a CPM, I would not have felt comfortable giving birth.”
• “I had a successful VBAC! This care changed how I see my body and birth forever.”
• “Please don’t make it harder for families like mine to access this option.”

HERE IS MY LETTER:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EDnQ8DUFBIQ-PuVxiMb_zThl2Qy_P13v/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=114231876916178231931&rtpof=true&sd=true

A public hearing will be held on April 23, 2026 by the Board of Registration in Midwifery (“Midwifery Board”), within the Department of Public Health for a new regulation 274 CMR 3.00: Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Licensure Requirements.

The proposed regulation implements the requirements stated in M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 290-297 as inserted by section 38 of Chapter 186, of the Acts of 2024 An Act Promoting Access To Midwifery Care And Out-Of-Hospital Birth Options.

Here is the 3 page proposed regulation:
https://www.mass.gov/doc/proposed-new-regulation-274-cmr-300/download

Listen in! Public Hearing on Thursday, April 23, 2026
2:00 PM (virtual)
Dial-in: 1-888-982-4493
Participant Code: 5561604

04/11/2026

Yes

04/11/2026

The first act of civil disobedience recorded in the Bible was committed by midwives.

Let me tell you their story.

In Exodus 1, we meet Shiphrah and Puah, two Hebrew midwives living under Egyptian oppression. Pharaoh, afraid of the growing Hebrew population, gave them a direct order: kill every Hebrew baby boy at birth.

These midwives said no.

They defied the most powerful man in Egypt. They risked their own lives to protect the babies they were called to serve. They looked Pharaoh in the face and lied to him, telling him the Hebrew women were too strong, too vigorous, that the babies were born before the midwives could even arrive.

And because of their courage, an entire generation of Hebrew boys lived. Including Moses, who would eventually lead his people to freedom.

The Bible says: “So God was kind to the midwives… And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.” (Exodus 1:20-21)

God honored their courage. Their defiance. Their protection of life in the face of authoritarian power. Thousands of years later, midwives are still fighting. Not against genocide, thank God. But against systems and policies that try to control how, where, and with whom women can give birth. We fight for a woman’s right to choose homebirth when it’s safe for her, informed consent instead of coerced interventions, bodily autonomy in birth spaces, access to physiologic birth instead of routine intervention, and the freedom to birth without unnecessary interference. We stand between families and systems that don’t always have their best interests at heart.

Just like Shiphrah and Puah, midwives today protect families’ rights to make their own choices about their bodies and their births. We push back against policies that restrict birth options. We advocate for informed consent when providers pressure unnecessary interventions. We honor women’s autonomy even when it’s countercultural. We believe that families, not institutions, should be the decision-makers in birth. This is sacred work. Not just catching babies. But protecting the fundamental right of families to choose how they bring their children into the world.

Shiphrah and Puah set the standard thousands of years ago: midwives serve families, not systems. We protect life and honor autonomy, even when authorities tell us otherwise. And just like God honored those ancient midwives for their courage, we trust that standing for families’ rights is exactly where we’re called to be.

“The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.” - Exodus 1:17

04/10/2026

What’s a prenatal at Trinity Midwifery look like?? Well, a lot like the first picture when we talk about birth, and include this sweet new kid on the farm! We were able to talk about rare birth situations in a way that felt less scary and more peaceful. Baby goats are really therapeutic!

04/10/2026

04/09/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/176p18pLH5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Massachusetts’s only freestanding birth center for low-risk deliveries is in danger of shuttering, a Northampton senator recently alerted the state’s top public health official.

03/27/2026

Obstetrics emerged from midwifery—not the other way around.
When male physicians entered the birth space in the 18th–19th centuries, they:

Learned by observing midwives
Adopted midwifery techniques
Added surgical tools (like forceps)
Medicalized and institutionalized birth
This shift was driven by professional politics, not evidence.

03/27/2026

Public Hearing: Temporary CPM Licensure in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has announced a public hearing on 274 CMR 3.00: Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Licensure Requirements. Thursday, April 23, 2026
2:00 PM (virtual)
Dial-in: 1-888-982-4493
Participant Code: 5561604
Written testimony accepted through April 23 at 5:00 PM
Reg.Testimony@mass.gov (Subject: “BRMW Regulations”)

A public hearing will be held on April 23, 2026 by the Board of Registration in Midwifery (“Midwifery Board”), within the Department of Public Health for a new regulation 274 CMR 3.00: Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Licensure Requirements.

The proposed regulation implements the requirements stated in M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 290-297 as inserted by section 38 of Chapter 186, of the Acts of 2024 An Act Promoting Access To Midwifery Care And Out-Of-Hospital Birth Options.

Here is the 3 page proposed regulation:
https://www.mass.gov/doc/proposed-new-regulation-274-cmr-300/download

The 3 page proposed regulation requires lots of cross-referencing.

You can email a short message to:

📧 Reg.Testimony@mass.gov
Subject: BRMW Regulations

Deadline: April 23 at 5:00 PM

⸻

WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT:

Keep it simple and real. No need to be formal.

You can share:
• Why you chose a midwife or homebirth
• What your experience was like
• How this care impacted you (emotionally, physically, financially)
• What it meant to feel safe, heard, and respected
• Why access to this option matters for families
• Concerns about losing access if regulations become restrictive

⸻

EXAMPLES (to guide you)

You might write something like:
• “My midwife was the only provider who truly listened to me.”
• “Homebirth allowed me to feel safe after a previous traumatic hospital experience.”
• “Without access to a CPM, I would not have felt comfortable giving birth.”
• “This care changed how I see my body and birth forever.”
• “Please don’t make it harder for families like mine to access this option.”

Things that are important;

1. we don’t want any regulation to supersede any informed choice documentation.

2. Secondly, shaping out of hospital midwifery care to be similar to obstetric models is only going to alter the positive outcomes we are already achieving.

03/25/2026

24 hours labor support… and counting.
Sweet little love, your parents are waiting.

03/19/2026

Blessed and joyful beginnings in this household!