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Here is a list of homebirth midwives and birth centers by state. Keep in mind that most homebirth midwives will travel long distances to attend a birth, especially in rural areas. If you live close to a state border, or live in the East, be sure to check nearby towns in neighboring states as well.

If the midwife in your area does not have a website, I’ve discovered that local health food stores, La Leche groups, or wellness centers frequently have good information about who provides care in the area.

(Please note that I do not personally know or necessarily endorse every midwife. I have merely compiled a list in order to make finding one much easier for you. Also, if you know of a midwife who does not appear on this list, feel free to contact me with her website and I will add her)

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Alabama
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Caught By Love (Eclectic)
10 Moons Rising Birth Services (Decatur)
Mother’s Comfort Birthing (Mobile)
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Alaska
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Labor of Love  (Anchorage)
Alaska Birthing  (Anchorage, Eagle River, Mat-Su Valley)
Pioneer Midwifery  (Wasilla)

Midwifery and Women’s Health at Geneva Woods (Anchorage - Birth Center)
One Family Birth (Anchorage - Birth Center)
Alaska Family Health (Fairbanks - Birth Center)
Juneau Family Health (Juneau - Birth Center)
MatSu Midwifery (Wasilla - Birth Center)

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Arizona
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Paula Matthew  (Prescott)
Melody Fisher  (Prescott)
LifeSpring Midwifery  (Queen Creek)
Arizona Womb Service (Peoria)
Mary the Midwife (Phoenix)

Baby Moon Inn  (Phoenix - Birth Center)
Birth & Women’s Health  (Tucson - Birth Center)

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Arkansas
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Heart to Heart Midwifery  (N.W. Arkansas – Centerton)
Birth Song Midwifery  (N.W. Arkansas – Fayetteville)
Birth With Joy  (N.W. Arkansas – Gravette)
Conway Midwife  (Central Arkansas)
Birth Works  (Little Rock)
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California
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Wellspring Midwifery (Arcata)
Carrick Childbirth Services (Crescent City)
Serenade Midwifery (Humboldt County – Arcata)
Madrone Midwifery (Arcata and Eureka)
Fox Midwifery (Sonoma County)
Colette Mercier (Sebastopol)
Sacred Cycles Midwifery (Sebastopol)
Women’s Ways (Sebastopol)
Tree of Life Midwifery (Arcata)
Mama Love Midwifery (Sebastopol)
Heart of Midwifery (Napa, with satellite locations in surrounding areas)
King’s Mountain Midwifery (Half Moon Bay)
Sacred Body Midwifery (San Francisco)
Nova Midwifery (Oakland & Danville)
Awakenings Midwifery (San Francisco)
Nest Midwifery (San Francisco)
California Midwifery (San Francisco)
Gentle Birth  (San Mateo & Santa Clara counties – Mountain View)
Whole Hearts  (Newbury Park)
Wild Harmony  (San Diego)
American River Midwifery  (Placer County – Auburn)
Birthroot Midwifery  (Santa Cruz & San Jose)
Sunshine Midwifery  (San Jose & surrounding areas)
California Water Birth  (Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties)
San Diego Homebirth  (San Diego)
San Francisco Midwifery  (San Francisco)
Home Sweet Homebirth  (Bay Area Homebirth Collective)
Wise Woman Childbirth  (San Francisco)
East Bay Homebirth (Oakland)
Full Circle Midwifery (Santa Cruz)
Marin Midwife (Marin & Sonoma)
Generations Midwifery (Oakland & Fremont)
Wise Woman Childbirth (San Francisco & Marin)
Pacific Birth (SF Bay Area)
Birth Yourself Midwifery (San Francisco)
Rites of Passage (San Francisco)
re:Birth Midwifery (San Francisco)
Shiloh Midwifery (Campbell)
Aniche Midwifery (Oakland)
Hakima Midwifery (San Francisco)
Wellborn Baby Childbirth Services (San Francisco)
Natural Family Midwifery (south Bay areas)
Shasta Midwives (Redding)
Kara Rowley (Redding)
Sweet Arrivals (northern California)
Sierra Homebirth (Grass Valley)
Sacred Ways Homebirth (Chico)
Alison Osborn (Grass Valley)
Dania Shelton Midwifery (Nevada City)
American River Midwifery (Auburn)
New Earth Midwifery (Sacramento)
Birthstream Midwifery (Davis)
Urban Midwifery (Suisun)
Tribal Babies (Santa Cruz)
Gentle Birth (Monterey County)
fullcircle  (Santa Cruz)
Welcome Home Birth (Santa Cruz)
Laura Maxson (Santa Cruz)
Mama Baby Blossom (Pacific Grove/Monterey)
Art of Nursing Care (Marina del Rey)
Graceful Birthing (Los Angeles)
Santa Barbara Midwifery (Santa Barbara)
West Home Birth (Los Angeles)
Dragonfly Natural Health (Los Angeles)
Tender Loving Childbirth (Los Angeles)
Renee the Midwife (Newhall)
Birth Revolution (Los Angeles)
Naturopathic Midwifery (LA, Riverside, Shasta)
Blessed Beginnings (Orange, Riverside, & San Bernadino counties)
South Coast Midwifery (Irvine)
Wild Harmony Wellness Center (San Diego)
A Better Birth (Bonita)
Claremont Midwifery (Claremont)
Sweet Arrivals Midwifery (Nevada City)
Sierra Homebirth (Grass Valley)
Sacred Hoop Midwifery (King’s Beach)
Alison Osborn (Nevada City)

 AquaNatal Birth Center (Chino - Birth Center)
Birth Roots (Chula Vista - Birth Center)

Birth Centers  (directory for California)
California Association of Midwives  (Homebirth Midwives – includes midwives without websites)
Southern California  (additional Homebirth Midwives in Southern California)

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Colorado
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Prairie Love Midwifery (Gunnison)
Mountain Family Midwifery (Salida)
Birth Choice (Denver)
Ellie Allyn (Centennial)
Yalad Midwifery (Evergreen/Denver – email: yalad2@comcast.net)
Crystal River Homebirth (Glenwood Springs)
North Colorado Midwifery (Greeley/Fort Collins)
Amy Colo (Boulder)
Birthwise Midwifery Care (Fort Collins)
Breath of Life Midwifery (Montrose)
A Colorado Midwife (Fountain)
A Mother’s Touch Midwifery (Lakewood)
Full Circle Midwifery (Boulder)
Mosaic Midwifery (Denver)
Holistic Home Birth (Colorado Springs)
Mountain Birth (Rico)
Family Birth Services (Longmont)
Maren Wood Midwifery (Denver)
Janelle Boyington (Lyons)
Baby’s Breath Midwifery (Colorado Springs)
The Stork Associates (Colorado Springs)
Boulder Midwifery (Boulder)
Song of Life Midwifery (Broomfield)
Origins Midwifery (Boulder)
Great Divide Birth Services (South Fork)
Birth at Home (Nederland)
Dancing Tree Midwifery (Loveland)
New Leaf Midwifery (Denver)
13th Moon Midwifery (Fort Collins)

Mountain Midwifery Center of Colorado  (Denver - Birth Center)

Colorado Midwives Association  (Homebirth Midwives – includes midwives without websites)
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Connecticut
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Birth & Beyond (Madison)
Sacred Birth Midwifery (northern Connecticut – located in Northampton, MA)
Homebirth With Love (Connecticut metropolitan area – located in lower Hudson Valley, NY)
Circle of Life Midwifery (entire state)

Childbirth and Women’s Center (Danbury - Birth Center)

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Delaware
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Woman Wise Midwifery

The Birth Center (Wilmington - Birth Center)

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Florida
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Special Delivery Midwifery (central Florida)
Loving Arms Birthing Services (Gainesville)
Tree of Life Birth and Gynecology (Sanford)
A Mother’s Nature (Winter Springs)
Judith Kaplan (Boca Raton)
Where the Heart Is Midwifery (Tallahassee)

The Birth Place (Winter Garden - Birth Center)
Labor of Love (Lakeland & Dunedin - Birth Centers)

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Georgia
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Birthing Right (Kennesaw)
Atlanta Birth Care (Atlanta) 
Birthing Way (Marietta)
Morning Glory (Augusta)
Birth in the Tradition (Atlanta)
Southeastern Midwifery (Atlanta)
Midwifery Alliance of Metro Atlanta (Atlanta)
Mountain Home Maternity Services (northeast GA)

The Midwife Group and Birth Center (Savannah – Birth Center)

Georgia Midwifery Association (Homebirth Midwives – directory)
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Hawaii
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Island Mamas Midwifery (North Kohala)
Daly Birth Maternity Services (Maui)
Sacred Healing Arts (Oahu)

Midwives Alliance of Hawaii (directory of homebirth midwives without websites)
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Idaho
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Dayspring Midwifery (Hayden)
Coeur d’Alene Midwife (Coeur d’Alene)
Faith & Fruition Midwifery (Coeur d’Alene)
North Idaho Midwifery (Athol)
Fruitful Vine Midwife (Moscow)
Nurturing Beginnings (Meridian)
Olive Branch Midwifery (Cache Valley)
Motherwise Midwifery (Moscow, Lewiston)

Eden Birth and Wellness (Fruitland – Homebirth & Birth Center)
Womancare Midwifery (Bonners Ferry – Homebirth & Birth Center)
Pend Oreille Midwifery (Sandpoint – Homebirth & Birth Center)
Treasure Valley Midwives (Boise - Homebirth & Birth Center)
Agape Birth Center (Rigby – Homebirth & Birth Center)

The Baby Place (Meridian – Birth Center)

Idaho Midwifery Council (Homebirth Midwife Directory – includes midwives without websites)
Birth Network of Idaho Falls (Additional Homebirth Midwives without websites)
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Illinois
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Certified Professional (homebirth) Midwives are not legally recognized in Illinois, and therefore in most counties must practice “underground”, with restricted access to lifesaving medical equipment that midwives in other states have. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) are legal, but generally practice in hospital settings. The few CNMs listed below do offer homebirth.

For more information, visit the Coalition for Illinois Midwifery or Illinois Families for Midwifery. Some women near state borders are able to see a midwife in a neighboring state. For Illinois women who really want a homebirth, try finding one via word-of-mouth (try naturopaths, La Leche meetings, Homebirth Support Groups, etc), and get involved in trying to get women better access to high-quality maternity care in your state! 

Childbirth the Way Nature Intended (Libertyville)
Genesis Family Midwifery (Warrenville)
Gentle Birth Care (Oak Park)
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Indiana
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Mamatoto Midwifery (Northeast IA)
Round World Birthing Services (Southern IA)
Home4Birth (Central IA)
Mother Nurtured Midwifery (Bedford)
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Iowa
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Eastern Iowa Midwifery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and surrounding areas)
Mamatoto Midwifery (Decorah)
Conscious Birthing Iowa (Fairfield)
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Kansas
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Northeast Kansas Homebirth Service (NE Kansas, Kansas City)
KC Homebirth (Kansas City?)
Midwives of Kansas City (Kansas City)
Life Center Clinic (Larned)
Fran Beier Midwife (NE Kansas)
Empowering Birth (Kansas City)
Mamasara Midwifery (Kansas City)
Natural Birth Kansas City (Grandview, MO)
Precious Beginnings Midwifery (central Kansas)
Created For Praise Midwifery (central Kansas)

Kansas Midwives Alliance (Directory includes Midwives without websites)
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Kentucky
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Kentucky currently does not license Certified Professional Midwives for those who choose home birth. The Kentucky Home Birth Coalition is working on passing legislation to legalize CPMs in the state. I’ve listed a couple lay midwives I found who have websites, but otherwise you’ll have to find one word-of-mouth or contact a CPM across the state border. Some Certified Nurse Midwives may be willing to attend a home birth as well.

Juliet Dietsch, DEM – (Louisville)
Home Sweet Home Birth – (Lexington)
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Louisiana
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Louisiana Midwifery Center (Baton Rouge)
Let It Be Midwifery (Covington)

Birth Care (Alexandria - Homebirth & Birth Center)

Gentle Choices (Lafayette - Birth Center)

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Maine
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Rosehips Midwifery (Kingfield)
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Maryland
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Sacred Journey Midwifery
M.A.M.A.S. Midwives
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Massachusettes
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Homebirth Midwives (Cambridge, Petersham, Auburndale)
Midwife At Your Doorstep (Boston)
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Michigan
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New Moon Midwifery (Ann Arbor)
Woven In Love Midwifery Services (Utica, Troy)
MI Homebirth (Grand Rapids)
Nine Short Months (Clarkston, Royal Oak)
New Life Midwifery (Midland)
Birth Song Midwifery (Grand Rapids)
Home Birth Partners (Newaygo)
Your Homebirth (West MI)
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Minnesota
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North Star Midwifery (St. Paul, Minneapolis)
Trillium Midwifery (St. Paul, Minneapolis)
Family Tree Midwifery (Minneapolis)
Twin Cities Midwifery (Twin Cities)
Helping Hands (Minneapolis, Faribault)
Mamatoto Midwifery (Southeast MN)
Urban Birth (St. Peter and surrounding areas)
Riverside North Maternity Care (Milaca and surrounding communities)
New Birth Midwifery (Savage)
Blessed Events Midwifery (Moorhead)

Morning Star (St. Louis Park - Birth Center)
Health Foundations (St. Paul - Birth Center)

Minnesota Birth (Homebirth Midwife Directory, including those without websites)
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Mississippi
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Birthing Options Midwifery (Lucedale)
10 Moons Rising (Northeast Mississippi)
Southern Moon Midwifery (Gulf Coast of Mississippi)

Mississippi Friends of Midwives (Resources and Directory for Midwives without websites in Mississippi)
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Missouri
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Naturally Delivered Midwifery Services (St. Louis)
Baby Moon Midwifery (Southwest Missouri)
Natural Birth Kansas City (Grandview)
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Montana
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Lavender and Roses Birth Center (Libby)
Rejoice in Life Midwifery (Helena, Great Falls)
Bitter Root Midwifery (Bitterroot Valley)
Birth With Love Midwifery (Great Falls)
Family Birth Services (Libby)
Harmony Family Services (Livingston)
Big Sky Midwifery (Columbus)
Mountain Midwives (southeastern MT)

Birth Place (Bozeman - Homebirth & Birth Center)

Bozeman Midwives (list of Bozeman Midwives without websites)
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Nebraska
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While home birth is not illegal in Nebraska, it is difficult to find a midwife due to legislative attacks on midwives. Certified Nurse Midwives are prohibited from attending births outside  a hospital or birth center, and the state does not license or legally recognize home birth midwives. There are midwives practicing underground, but they have to be found word-of-mouth. More information may be found at the Nebraska Friends of Midwives website. Take action and encourage midwifery in your state! 

The Midwife’s Place (Omaha - Birth Center)

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Nevada
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A Special Delivery (Las Vegas)
Sierra Midwifery (Reno)
Nevada Midwife (Las Vegas Valley)
Jill Lamping, DEM (Las Vegas)
Better Births Midwifery (Laughlin – marthasbetterbirths@yahoo.com)
Aspiring Birth (Reno)
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New Hampshire
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Sarah Bay (Peterborough)
As It Was Midwifery (Littleton)
Heart Thoughts Midwifery (West Chesterfield)
Ohana Midwifery (Newington)
Amy Darling, Gracewife (Milton Mills)
Promises to Keep Midwifery (North Conway)
New Life Midwifery (Meredith)

The Birth Cottage (Milford & Peterborough - Birth Centers)
Coastal Family Birth Retreat (Stratham - Birth Center)
Concord Birth Center (Concord - Birth Center)
Monadnock Birth Center (Swanzey - Birth Center)

New Hampshire Midwives Association (Directory includes midwives without websites)
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New Jersey
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Midwifery Care Associates (Pennington)
In Due Season (northern NJ)
Home Sweet Homebirth (northern NJ)
Sunrise Midwifery (southern NJ)
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New Mexico
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Taos Homebirth & Midwifery (Taos)
Albuquerque Homebirth (Albuquerque)
West Texas Birth Services (southwest NM)
Empowered Women, Empowered Births (Cedar Crest)
Española Valley Women’s Health (Española)
Gentle Birth Midwifery (southeastern NM)
Open Circle Home Birth Services (Las Cruces)
New Growth Midwifery (Santa Fe)
Heather Rische (southern NM)

New Mexico Midwives Association  (Directory includes midwives without websites)
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New York
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Home Sweet Homebirth (Lower Hudson Valley)
Blessingway Midwifery Care (Latham)
Family Life Center (Albany)
Local Care Midwifery (Albany)
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North Carolina
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Birth Tender (Blowing Rock)
Mountain Home Maternity Services (western NC)
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North Dakota
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Blessed Events Midwifery (Fargo)

North Dakota Home Birth (list compiled by a local ND mother, all midwives without websites)
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Ohio
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Precious Passage Birth Services (northeast OH)
C.H.O.I.C.E. (Worthington)
Born Community Midwives (Cleveland)
Toledo Midwife (Toledo)
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Oklahoma
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Gentle Hands Maternity Care (Broken Arrow)
Kindred Birthing (Holdenville)
Community Midwifery Services (Norman)
Born To Be Loved Natural Childbirth (eastern and central OK)
Hands of Grace Birth Services (Oklahoma City)
Jeanne Madrid, CPM (Tulsa)
Right of Passage (Tulsa)
A Mother’s Love Midwifery (Oklahoma City)
Smartt Birth Midwifery (Edmond)

Special Delivery Midwifery Care (Tulsa - Birth Center)

Oklahoma Midwives Alliance (Limited Directory includes midwives without websites)
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Oregon
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Blossom Midwifery (Portland)
Full Bloom Midwifery (Portland)
A Gentle Beginning (Portland)
Rosehip Midwifery (Portland)
Glow Midwifery (Portland)
Nest Midwifery (Portland)
Northwest Midwives (Portland)
Right At Home Births (Portland)
Two Rivers Midwifery (Portland)
Vivante Midwifery (Portland)
Sprouting Hope Midwifery (McMinnville)
Wisdom Within (Beaverton)
Birthdance Midwifery (Nehalem)
Aurora Midwifery (Salem)
Full Moon Midwifery (Canby)
Midwifery Care Homebirth Services (Eugene)
Ten Moons Rising Midwifery (Eugene)
Modern Midwifery (Eugene)
Flower of Life Midwifery (Eugene)
Kalista Wellness Center (Medford)
Oak Grove Midwifery (Ashland)
Blessed Birth (Grants Pass)
Deschutes Midwifery (Bend)
Siskiyou Women’s Health Care (Ashland)

Home Sweet Home Birth (Otis – Homebirth & Birth Center)
Alma Midwifery (Portland - Homebirth & Birth Center)
Andaluz Waterbirth Center (Portland & Tualatin - Homebirth & Birth Centers)
Sacred Waters Community Birthing Center (Eugene – Homebirth & Birth Center)
Bend Birth Center (Bend – Birth Center)

Oregon Midwifery (directory includes midwives without websites)

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Pennsylvania
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Rising Moon Midwifery (Chester Springs)
Mother Baby Birth Services (Quakertown)
My Birth By Design (Tobyhanna)
Sunrise Midwifery (southeastern PA)
Merry Blessings Birth Service (western PA)
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Rhode Island
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Having a baby at home is legal in Rhode Island, but it is difficult for midwives to jump through the legal hoops in order to attend births at home. Visit the RI Home Birth Collective for more information. 

RI Home Birth (Hope)

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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Full Circle Midwifery (Memphis)
Birth With Hope Midwifery (southern central TN)
Chosen Births Midwifery (Memphis)
Trillium WomanCare (Memphis)

Birth Wellness and Women’s Center (Chattanooga - Birth Center)

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Texas
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Birth Traditions (north Dallas)
West Texas Birth Services (Midland/Odessa)
Open Circle Home Birth Services (El Paso)
Amber Riedel, LM, CPM (New Braunfels)

Family Birth Center (New Braunfels - Birth Center)

Association of Texas Midwives (directory includes midwives without websites)

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Utah
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Vermont
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Circle of Life (Stamford, serving VT, NY, MA, & CT)
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Virginia
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Birth Traditions (northern VA)
Homebirth Midwifery Service (Charlottesville)

Birth Care (Alexandria - Homebirth & Birth Center)
The Birthing Place (Charlottesville – Homebirth & Birth Center)

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Washington
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Birth Journey (Newman Lake)
Vivante Midwifery (Vancouver)
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Gentle Home Birth (Madison)
Open Arms Midwifery (Madison)
Strong Work Home Birth (Madison)
Access Midwifery (Madison)
Birth Spirit Midwifery (Milwaukee)
Mamatoto Midwifery (Southwest WI)
In the Beginning Midwifery Services (Iola)
Open Door Midwifery (Viroqua, Westby, LaCrosse)
Earth Mother Midwife (Ellsworth and surrounding communities)
Valley Birth Network (Northeast WI)
Connected Birth (Milwaukee)

Life Circle Wellness (Shell Lake - Homebirth & Birth Center)
Madison Birth Center (Madison - Birth Center)
Morning Star (Menomonie - Birth Center)
Well-Rounded (Menomonee Falls - Birth Center)

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Wyoming
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Mountain Midwives (northern WY)
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