Refuge Midwifery

Refuge Midwifery 🍳 IUI & Fertility Support 📚 Provider Education 👐🏼 Homebirth Midwives: Philly, South Jersey & SE Pennsylvania 📍 refugemidwifery.com 🌈 babymakingforeverybody.com

Happy pride from our q***r midwifery practice to all the q***r families and q***r families-to-be! We celebrate gaybies o...
06/08/2026

Happy pride from our q***r midwifery practice to all the q***r families and q***r families-to-be!

We celebrate gaybies over here this month and every month 🌟

[photos from our Q***r & Trans Families picnic yesterday!]

06/05/2026

🌈 Proud to be an out q***r midwife. Here’s the origins of Refuge Midwifery, what inspired me to write , and teach IUI to midwives and other healthcare providers.

🧑‍🏫 My pre-recorded course— IUI for Midwives— is on sale in June only. Take $400 off with the code pride at checkout.

05/15/2026

💛 Victoria does a restock of their bags!

We come to your homebirth prepared with equipment and supplies to have on hand if they’re needed during labor— medications for controlling postpartum bleeding, lidocaine, suture equipment, IV fluids, antibiotics, etc.

04/23/2026

💛 @ caitlin.emmaline on TikTok vlogged her birth and gave us permission to share it here! Caitlin is a hospital-based midwife who planned a homebirth.

We’ve had the privilege of taking care of many midwives and many healthcare professionals that work in the hospital setting and we love how specific birth preferences can get. We also love how these clients can participate in their own care in a unique way. For example, resolving your own baby’s nuchal cord (at 2:52 in this video!) 👶🏽

Victoria’s dream would be for homebirth, birth center birth, and hospital birth to all be morally neutral choices that everyone has equal access to, but for now, is grateful for the collaboration we’ve built over the years that results in sweet relationships like this one. 🌟

🩺 Are you Q***r, trans, or solo and thinking about having kids but not sure where to start?"Beyond the Baster" is an int...
04/16/2026

🩺 Are you Q***r, trans, or solo and thinking about having kids but not sure where to start?

"Beyond the Baster" is an introduction to alternative insemination both in person in West Philly on Thursday April 30th and on Zoom on Sunday May 10th.

Class will cover:
🌟Different conception methods and success rates
🌟How to track a menstrual cycle, identify ovulation, and time insemination
🌟Where to get s***m
🌟Supporting your fertility and care provider options including midwife supported IUI with Refuge

🌀 Thursday April 30th from 6-8pm, , 3641 Lancaster Ave.
Our in person session is a chance to drink seltzer and connect with other q***rs/solo people who are at a similar stage of their family building journey. This class is only open to LGBTQ+ and solo people pursuing parenthood.


🧑‍💻 Sunday May 10 from 6-8pm EST, Virtual.
Class is NOT recorded and geared towards q***r, trans, and single folks with uteruses navigating “social infertility”—all are welcome.

💛 Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Q***r & Trans Families Meetup yesterday! It was so special seeing some Refuge...
04/12/2026

💛 Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Q***r & Trans Families Meetup yesterday! It was so special seeing some Refuge babies getting bigger and seeing new faces 🤲🏻 Looking forward to the next one on Sunday June 7th!

💛 Sweet review from a recent repeat client. We love hearing how our care has made a difference for you. Have you worked ...
03/31/2026

💛 Sweet review from a recent repeat client. We love hearing how our care has made a difference for you. Have you worked with us in the past year? Leave us a Google Review to help other families find us!⁣

Photo of google review saying:

Victoria and Ray at Refuge are stellar birth workers. My first birth (at Lifecycle Woman Care) was quick. So when my husband and I were thinking about options for baby #2, we explored home birth because I didn’t want to have an accidental home birth or get stuck in the car without assistance. After interviewing a few midwives in the area, we knew Ray and Victoria were the right fit for us.

The care I received was thoughtful and evidence-based. I felt safe and heard and was lucky to have a beautiful, “uneventful” home birth. The minute I knew I was pregnant with my 3rd, I emailed them to see if we could work together again! I knew this baby would be our last, and I felt more anxious and emotional.

Our appointments always left me feeling supported and like I had gone over all my worries without being rushed. That birth was slightly more eventful and baby had a shoulder dystocia. They were calm and firm as they coached me through position changes and baby was out in no time. Because of their experience and energy, what could have been a traumatic event in any other setting ended up feeling like a small hiccup in our birth. I would choose Refuge over and over again. Thanks Victoria and Ray for holding so much for so many.

💛 In two weeks, please join us for our next Q***r & Trans trying to conceive, pregnant, and new baby meetup.​If you have...
03/28/2026

💛 In two weeks, please join us for our next Q***r & Trans trying to conceive, pregnant, and new baby meetup.
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If you have Q***r friends who are also trying to conceive, currently pregnant, or who have new babies — please extend the invite to them as well!

🗓️Saturday, April 11th
⏰️2-4pm
📍Clark Park (43rd & Chester) near the playground

🌟 We will bring blankets, plates, flatware, napkins, a table and a few chairs, and bubbly water. Bring some light snacks to share, blankets and chairs if you'd like, or just bring yourselves! 🤲🏻🧺🌱

🩺 Concerns about a growing “fertility crisis” are on the rise — in media and political rhetoric. These claims of rising ...
03/18/2026

🩺 Concerns about a growing “fertility crisis” are on the rise — in media and political rhetoric. These claims of rising infertility are used to justify policy changes, or framed as evidence of social decline in need of traditional family values.

In the next installment of our quarterly series "Q***r Fertility Masterclass," we’ll ask and answer:

✨Is Infertility Rising? (Or Is This a Right-Wing Hoax?)
✨How Do Q***r People Fit Into the Data?
✨How Does This Influence LGBTQ+ Family Building Decisions?

🗓️ Sunday April 12th from 11am–1pm EST

This class is for Midwives, OB/GYNs, family medicine providers, doulas, public health professionals, LGBTQ+ health providers, and Q***r people who want to know how their own experience fits into larger public health data.

🧑‍🏫 Join us live online to learn and participate in a Q&A at the end of the lesson. When you sign up, you’ll gain lifetime access to the class whether you’re able to join us live or not.

📲 Sign up here: https://refuge.thinkific.com/products/live_events/infertility

Address

3641 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19104

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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+12677972190

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