American Association of Birth Centers

American Association of Birth Centers We are the nation's most comprehensive resource on birth centers. Join us!

We are midwives, physicians, nurses, doulas, childbirth educators and consumers who support the midwifery model and a woman's right to choose her place of birth.

Happy National Midwifery Week!Theme: Midwives at Every Table: Practice, Policy & ResearchThis year, join the American C...
10/08/2025

Happy National Midwifery Week!

Theme: Midwives at Every Table: Practice, Policy & Research
This year, join the American College of Nurse-Midwives in celebrating this year's theme: Midwives At Every Table! 👏

This theme acknowledges how crucial it is for midwives to be present at every table where decisions are made -- clinical care, community leadership, research, legislative work, and so much more. Your voices matter, and they can truly change the world of maternal healthcare. 🌎

To learn more, visit https://midwife.org/national-midwifery-week-2025/

Today is the LAST DAY to enter to win a 📣 free registration 📣 to the 2026 AABC Birth Institute!All you have to do is sub...
09/30/2025

Today is the LAST DAY to enter to win a 📣 free registration 📣 to the 2026 AABC Birth Institute!
All you have to do is submit a brief video about the AABC Birth Institute, and you can take it right on your phone 🤳
What do you love about the Birth Institute? What makes it different from other conference experiences you've had? What would you say about it to someone who has never attended?
❤️
To learn more and enter, visit https://www.birthcenters.org/enter-to-win---share-what-you-love-about-aabc-birth-institute

What a wonderful visit to AABC from a pioneer of our organization's earliest days -- Karen Hubbard!Hubbard, a nurse midw...
09/25/2025

What a wonderful visit to AABC from a pioneer of our organization's earliest days -- Karen Hubbard!
Hubbard, a nurse midwife from Oregon, is writing an article all about one of the founding mothers of AABC, Kitty Ernst. She even came to walk the grounds of Kitty's home!
Just a snippet of Karen's legacy, she:
❤️ founded the Milwaukie Birth Center in Oregon in 1981
❤️ participated in the first birth center accreditations both as a birth center and a site visitor
❤️ contributed her birth center's data to the first national birth center study (published in the NEJM in 1989)

Thank you for coming to see us, Karen!

09/24/2025

Do you want to see Leseliey Welch's keynote speech at the AABC Birth Institute that earned her this standing ovation? 👏 🎤

We know that so many folks in the Birth Center Equity network and beyond wanted to experience this beautiful, inspiring, data-driven, and Beloved speech but couldn't join us in person.
So, we're happy to be able to share a recorded version with you all! To watch, visit

We believe in a future of Beloved Birth 50 by 50. ❤️🍼

A member of our AABC Family is facing what so many birth centers across the US unfortunately do. Lebanon Valley Birth Ce...
09/23/2025

A member of our AABC Family is facing what so many birth centers across the US unfortunately do. Lebanon Valley Birth Center is in the midst of a midwife shortage and is unable to provide the care their rural families need. 💔

Susan Farrell put it perfectly - while it's a midwife workforce issue this time, our country's lack of infrastructure around out-of-hospital birth constantly puts birth centers and the families they serve at risk.

This is why we do what we do. Every birth center deserves to thrive, and every family deserves to choose a safe path for birth.
We cannot continue to have roadside births because folks have no other option -- this is not acceptable. We can do so much better. We need so much better.

To read more, visit https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2025/09/20/midwife-birth-center-berks-county-highmark-health-insurance/stories/202509180090?fbclid=IwY2xjawM_20pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFCQkMzWG02T2pJQmJBcG1oAR6hdNNDVUoAt3_E7Efniat65i4JWR-5Fl1vzOEFApoi-u1b48Zj0YlUCr9BCw_aem_wMbVEEXzFtQrOMkrupasVw

There's never a bad time to learn something new!Let's use our voices during to share what birth centers and midwives a...
09/14/2025

There's never a bad time to learn something new!

Let's use our voices during to share what birth centers and midwives are and help communities learn ALL of their birth options and avenues 👏

Feel free to share these definitions and spread the knowledge!

Check out this year's live auction for some great opportunities to get out and explore! Participate with us at the AABC ...
09/09/2025

Check out this year's live auction for some great opportunities to get out and explore! Participate with us at the AABC Foundation, or email AABCF for details to participate at home. 🥳

We made it! Day 1 in Portland ✅We’re excitedly getting ready for your arrival ✈️Pre-conference workshops begin tomorrow ...
09/09/2025

We made it! Day 1 in Portland ✅
We’re excitedly getting ready for your arrival ✈️
Pre-conference workshops begin tomorrow night!

Next stop: Portland, OR 📍It’s travel day for the AABC team! 🥳We can’t wait to come together and to welcome you all to th...
09/08/2025

Next stop: Portland, OR 📍
It’s travel day for the AABC team! 🥳

We can’t wait to come together and to welcome you all to the 2025 AABC Birth Institute.
Safe travels, everyone. We’ll see you so soon!

The demand for community birth is growing, and all birthing people deserve spaces to feel safe, respected, and beloved🤎 ...
09/03/2025

The demand for community birth is growing, and all birthing people deserve spaces to feel safe, respected, and beloved🤎 - especially communities of color and Indigenous folks who are historically deprived of respectful care.

It's time that we heed the call of our communities and expand access to birth centers! 📣

We are grateful to partner with Birth Center Equity on Birth Center Week to raise awareness and share the moving impact of freestanding birth centers.

To learn more about Birth Center Week and check out events, visit https://birthcenterweek.org/

Birth Center Week is almost here! Are you sporting your birth center merch? If not, you have plenty to choose from at th...
09/03/2025

Birth Center Week is almost here! Are you sporting your birth center merch? If not, you have plenty to choose from at the AABC Birth Institute!

AABC will be selling new t-shirts and sweatshirts, and you can find Birth Center Equity in the exhibit hall to get your Birth Center Week tee 👕

Let your wardrobe speak for you and let it say: I love birth centers!! ❤️

The AABC Birth Institute begins next week! ✨We are thrilled to kick off an exciting conference weekend with our Welcome ...
09/02/2025

The AABC Birth Institute begins next week! ✨
We are thrilled to kick off an exciting conference weekend with our Welcome Celebration with a moving new community-building aspect to it.

At this Welcome Celebration, we want ALL of your photos and accomplishments!

Are you a week away from opening your birth center's doors? 🗝️
Have you been a practicing midwife for 10 years now?
Are you ushering in your 100th birth at your birth center? 🤰
Do you have a cute photo of yourself or your birth center team? 📸

We want to see it all and spread the love at this kick-off. We know you're doing amazing work out there, and now's the time to show it off

Please share photos and announcements with us at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LNLQ39M or email them to Dallas LaCross at dallaslacross@birthcenters.org

We'll see you soon!

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