UR Midwifery Group

07/16/2026

More Centering photos! Here’s our April/May group ❤️
*posted with permission

07/15/2026

We are overjoyed that our Centering Pregnancy group prenatal care program is up and running again after a six year hiatus due to COVID.

The benefits of Centering are well studied and include:
- Lower rates of preterm birth/low birth weight
- Fewer NICU admissions
- Greater readiness for birth and infant care
- Higher breastfeeding rates
- Greater patient satisfaction
And most importantly... community and connection ❤️

Here are photos from our Feb/March and June Centering reunions!
* All photos posted with permission

05/06/2026

If you are a UMG patient you have very likely met, spoken or communicated with our amazing office nurses. They are irreplaceable and we could not exist without them - their professionalism, problem solving, patience, empathy, humor, and hard work. They show up everyday for us and our patients. They often do work that is unseen and unrecognized but we see you and we love you. Happy Nurses week!

If you want to give a shout out to one of our nurses, please do, we know they are well loved.

05/05/2026

Happy International Day of the Midwife! We want to share our appreciation for all of our patients and families who trust us to walk alongside them on their health journeys, whether that be for gynecological care, pregnancy, or beyond. If you know a midwife or have appreciated care from a midwife, share your stories or support below, or with a friend or family member. Supporting midwifery, in all its forms, in all arenas, is a solution to many healthcare system challenges. Let’s make midwives standard everywhere.

If you have been following our work over the past couple of months, this announcement will likely feel familiar. One message has come through clearly and consistently across our advocacy, research, and campaigns: the world needs One Million More Midwives.

12/29/2025

https://www.motherearthwellness.co/pregnancy-sisterhood

A great opportunity! Starting January 2026

A 5-week celebration of emergent Motherhood through movement practices, creative exploration, connection and ceremony. Registration open for January 2026 Sisterhood.

11/12/2025

Beloved Birth 50 by 50 is a bold, shared goal to rally the political will, resources, and public support for midwives to grow midwifery care infrastructure that all families deserve. Take a look at this initiative and if you believe the US needs more midwives, sign the pledge and spread word! Tell your politicians, public health folks, friends, family, physicians, and community organizations why midwifery matters to you.

Join the movement to transform U.S. birth care: Beloved Birth 50 by 50 is a bold vision to ensure that by 2050, 50% of babies are born under midwifery-led, community-rooted care. Led by Birth Center Equity, this initiative centers equity, justice, and beloved community.

11/12/2025

We were lucky enough to be able to attend the 14th Annual Dr. Bernard Guyer Lecture in Public Health today where Leseliey Welch, MPH, MBA was the keynote speaker (CEO and Co-Founder of Birth Center Equity and Birth Detroit). She is quite the amazing human who is working to promote midwifery led care in all communities (and, in particular BIPOC communities, who face significantly worse maternal and neonatal outcomes).

Shout out to Leseliey Welch of Birth Detroit for her incredible piece published in Ms. Magazine titled How We Can Turn Away From Medicalized Birth Culture and Reset the U.S. Birth Care System. ✒️ ❤️

Here is just one beautiful snippet of what she's written:
"In the face of crumbling systems, Grace Lee Boggs told us that 'now is the time to grow our souls.' Now is also the time to grow our courage. We have decades of maternal health research, public health strategy history, midwifery wisdom and a not-to-do list from a failed system to draw upon."
Could not have been more beautifully put. We encourage you all to read the full piece here:
https://msmagazine.com/2025/10/24/birth-midwife-hospital-black-women-maternal-health/

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

If you are newly pregnant, please call us at 585-275-7892 to sign up for Centering! It is a very well researched model of prenatal care that has high satisfaction rates and improved outcomes for pregnancy and birth. We are thrilled to finally be bringing this back from a long hiatus due to COVID. If you are looking for intimate involvement in your own care, value increased prenatal, birth and postpartum education and want to meet others who are also experiencing pregnancy, Centering is for you!

10/12/2025

Happy Midwifery Week!
Love, your midwives

Thanks to Skyforge Media for our updated group photo!