Hattiesburg Midwifery

03/10/2026

RESCHEDULED!!
Our Injections & IVs Skills Workshop for Student Midwives has been rescheduled for Friday, April 24th. Please email HattiesburgMidwifery@ gmail.com to reserve your spot!

03/02/2026

Early morning birth with a total labor time of around 2.5 hours! After being induced for her first birth, this second time mama rocked her first home birth. Welcome to the world, baby M ❤️

02/19/2026

📣 Calling all Student Midwives!!! 📣

Our next Skills Workshop will be on Friday, March 13th from 1-4pm in Hattiesburg, and we will focus on IVs and Injections in the Home Birth Setting. Join us for an afternoon of learning, practicing, and demonstrating with NARM Sign Offs at the end of class.

The cost for this workshop will be $150 and will include all practice supplies, coffee, water, snacks, and handouts. This workshop will be limited to 10 Student Midwives, so please register ASAP.

To register, please email us at [email protected].

02/04/2026

Our next February baby took every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears from the parents and birth team, but it was all worth it to watch this sweet family with 3 boys welcome their first baby girl! 💕

Thank You Jesus, for a safe home birth and for these two future Midwives!

02/03/2026

Our second January baby decided to be a February baby and arrive right on time at 41 weeks + 1 day! ❤️

01/28/2026

Friends, it’s time to contact members of the House Public Health & Human Services Committee and ask them to bring up and amend HB 1389: the Mississippi Midwifery License Law! 💕

Contact info is in the comments.

Why is HB 1389 Concerning as it is written?
- Places exclusive regulatory authority for midwifery within the Mississippi State Department of Health.
- Does not require representation of practicing midwives in rulemaking or oversight.
- Allows discretionary consideration of advisory input, which can be declined or ignored.
- Recreates historical patterns that eliminated community-based and Black midwifery in Mississippi.
- Risks further reducing access to maternity care in rural and underserved communities.

Historical Context Matters:
Mississippi’s Boards of Health historically used regulation to dismantle home and community midwifery, particularly Black midwifery. These policies contributed to loss of access, erosion of trust, and persistent racial disparities in maternal and infant outcomes. HB 1389 risks repeating these harms.

Midwife Representation Is Essential:
- Health professions nationwide are regulated by boards composed of practitioners.
- Regulation without representation undermines safety, equity, and public trust.
- Midwives bring essential clinical and community expertise to regulatory decision-making.

AMM Recommendations:
- Oppose HB 1389 in its current form.
- Establish an independent Board of Midwifery composed primarily of practicing midwives.
- At minimum, amend the bill to require a Midwifery Advisory Board with mandatory consultation authority.
- Engage midwives and community stakeholders in collaborative rule development.

Midwives are part of the solution. Midwife-led, collaborative regulation improves safety, expands access to care in rural communities, and supports maternal health equity across Mississippi.

Association of Mississippi Midwives

01/26/2026

Stay tuned for more info and calls to action! ❤️

📣 2026 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: After many, many years of BBM presenting legislation to license Midwives in Mississippi (and previous legislation presented by our predecessor - MS Friends of Midwives in 2011), there are currently THREE Midwifery Licensure Bills that have been assigned to the House Public Health & Human Services Committee. Each of these Bills have pros and cons, so be on the lookout for posts with details on each one.

Look up and read each Bill here: https://www.legislature.ms.gov/legislation/measure-search/

01/24/2026

01/23/2026

Our first January baby arrived right on time at 41 weeks + 1 day! This first time mama worked so hard and labored with her husband over several days before delivering her 9lb 4oz baby 💪🏻 Every birth is precious, but there’s something so special about first time mamas delivering their babies in their own homes 💕

This birth team was the cherry on top! DREAM TEAM 😍 So grateful.

01/10/2026

There are membership options for Student Midwives, Assistants, & Midwives. Join us and help advance Midwifery in Mississippi ❤️

📣ATTENTION MIDWIVES SERVING MISSISSIPPI📣

2026 applications for new and renewing member is active! We are accepting new members through February 20th. Our Spring Membership meeting will be in late March.

Please have each team member submit their own appliction to maintain a true view of membership.

Please get your applications in asap! Links to applications are pinned above.

01/08/2026

We love to see Midwives improving birth in Mississippi! Praying that more and more Mississippi hospitals, medical clinics, and county health departments will employ Certified Nurse Midwives ❤️

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