Seacoast Birth Network

03/25/2026

Popular topic!!

03/25/2026

It’s a beautiful thing!!

03/25/2026

People can change laws. We need to stand together and stay informed!!

03/25/2026

Midwives save lives – and that’s exactly what Jennie Joseph-Midwife has been doing through Commonsense Childbirth Inc. since 2003.

We began our grantmaking in the United States in 2013 following reports that the U.S. maternal mortality rate was worsening. As the founder of Commonsense Childbirth in Florida, Jennie is a national role model and movement leader, and was an obvious first U.S.-based grantee.

Jennie’s work is rooted in the midwifery model of care. She developed her guiding philosophy, “the JJ Way”, that centers the birthing person in their experience of care, ensuring they are heard, respected, and met with quality, dignified care. Jennie also founded the first Black woman-led, nationally accredited, midwifery school in the U.S., Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery.

Jennie often says that midwifery is more than a profession; it is a calling. She is deeply invested in restoring and sustaining the next generation of culturally congruent providers who, she reminds us, “stand in the care gap” for their communities, offering a higher standard of care that is transforming maternal health outcomes.

We are proud to have partnered with Jennie for so many years, supporting her extraordinary work.

📰 Read the 2022 TIME article honoring Jennie’s work: https://bit.ly/4rCW7kj
🎥 Watch our film, Giving Birth in America: Florida, which features Jennie in action: https://bit.ly/3ND5lPw



Photo: Jennie Joseph holds a baby at Commonsense Childbirth in Winter Garden, Florida. (Commonsense Childbirth, 2023)

03/23/2026

03/22/2026

- a story, written by the system. ⁣
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Take away her power;⁣
She’s easily manipulated. ⁣
Treat her as if something foreign is happening to her body ⁣
Like she isn't a part of it.⁣
Just an incubator. A spectator. ⁣
Waiting for the timer to “ding.”⁣
Baby is on their clock, and it’s almost dinner time, ⁣
Legs up, ⁣
Snip, pull it out. ⁣
Happy days. Healthy baby. ⁣
That’s all that matters. ⁣
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She feels low;⁣
Somethings not right, ⁣
Like something was taken from her. ⁣
Don’t worry, ⁣
Numb it. ⁣
Medicate it. ⁣
And while your at it, ⁣
How about we take all her feelings away. ⁣
We will refuse to recognise our mistakes ⁣
Or be responsible for our poor education. ⁣
We will even change the records, as a team, ⁣
To ensure she doesn’t have any power. ⁣
One against all. ⁣
Because it’s just one day in her life, ⁣
Nothing to dwell on, it won’t kill her. ⁣
Either way, it doesn’t matter. ⁣
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She’s just a mother. ⁣
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- a story, written by the system. ⁣
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03/22/2026

Gathering with mothers!

Our April Buds class has a few more spots available! We hope you and your newborn can join us.

For more info and to register, check out our website: birthroots.org/classes-events/

03/22/2026

A free on-line resource, Tuesday March 24th

03/22/2026

03/22/2026

You are not alone!

03/22/2026

Learning from the best!