Welcome to Traditional Midwifery of Lynchburg.
We are licensed Certified Professional Midwives offering midwifery care and home birth services in Lynchburg, VA and surrounding communities.
01/30/2025
https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/ACNM/Campaigns/120584/Respond
Support Medicaid Reimbursement Parity for Midwives: HB1600-288#15s & SB800-288#25h We need your voice to ensure Medicaid reimbursement parity for all midwives in Virginia! Currently, Licensed Certified Midwives (LCMs) and Licensed Midwives (LMs) are reimbursed at lower rates than Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) for providing the...
01/20/2023
Time to Take Action! Virginia Midwives for Safe Community Birth is excited to announce we now have two bills being considered during the 2023 legislative session! Here's what you can do to help!
08/05/2022
Exciting info coming!!
Come one, come all to the Virginia Midwives for Safe Community Birth online Town Hall! We have dates/times available for every different schedule. We will have a short presentation followed by a Q&A session so we can answer any questions! It’s time to gather together to support our local community midwives!
https://www.virginiamidwife.org/events
05/06/2022
NEW Report from on “Improving Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings.”
“Community birth” includes both planned home births and birth center births. Though there are many barriers to accessing this kind of care, it can be less costly than giving birth in a hospital, and more affirming for people who have previously been harmed in medical settings. From 2019 to 2020, there was a steep 20% increase in community births in the United States, driven primarily by BIPOC communities. When the care is community-based and -led and culturally concordant, it is an especially powerful way to meet the needs of birthing people of color and mitigate effects of racism and trauma.
Read the new report at nationalpartnership.org/communitybirth
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings Research shows that care provided in community birth settings can make a concrete difference in improving maternity care quality and producing better outcomes, including for People of Color. Care in these settings that is led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color is a crucial approach for meeting th...
10/07/2021
https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Forest/VirginiaMilesforMidwives
Virginia Miles for Midwives The Virginia Miles for Midwives is on Friday October 1, 2021 to Sunday October 31, 2021. It includes the following events: Virtual 5k, Midwifery Advocacy Challenge, and Midwifery Education Challenge.
It's that time again!! Come one, come all, and bring your friends!!
8th Annual Homebirth Potluck Picnic!
Hosts:
Heart of Lynchburg,
Traditional Midwifery of Lynchburg,
Nine Moons Midwifery,
Yovela Midwifery4345153130
When:Saturday, October 9 from 3:30 PMto 6:00 PM ET
Where:Peaks View Park Small Shelter165 Ivy Creek LaneLynchburg, Va 24502
05/28/2021
We are doing this!! So excited to thank all those who have been, and will be involved in this longed-for dream.
www.lynchburgbirthcenter.com 🥳🥳
Collaborative Midwifery Care in Central Virginia Our vision at Trillium is to collaborate services to offer the community individualized care for families who are expecting, giving birth and in the postpartum phase of life. The space holds offices for midwives, an ultrasound tech, certified doulas, massage therapy, certified childbirth educators,
Just in case you were wondering - here is a relatively balanced response to the latest from our friends at ACOG:
08/26/2020
Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week « Black Breastfeeding Week Archives August 2020 August 2019 August 2018 July 2018 August 2016 August 2015 August 2014 Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week Black Breastfeeding Week was created because for over 40 years there has been a gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. The most recent CDC data show...