Providing care now
Licensed midwives provide prenatal, postpartum, and newborn care in homes, DOH offices, and community spaces like churches and community centers.
Northern New Mexico
Bringing birth care home to northern New Mexico.
Licensed midwives providing prenatal, postpartum, and newborn care close to home, in your house, at DOH offices, and in trusted community spaces. No one will be denied care.
Why we're here
Deserts are thriving ecosystems.
We call places where maternity care is unavailable "maternity care deserts." But the desert is a thriving ecosystem, and creating a thriving ecosystem to support the families who live there is what Desert Midwives is all about.
We respond to the immediate need for care. While we provide that care, we train locally-rooted people to become Licensed Midwives, so they can care for their own communities without leaving home.
1 in 3 New Mexico counties is a maternity care desert.
Families in our counties often drive an hour or more to reach maternity care.
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Three parts of one program
Care now
A workforce for the future
Emotional health
How Desert Midwives works
Training local midwives
We recruit women from these communities and support them through training to licensure. Once licensed, they carry the caseload and train the next cohort.
Addressing maternal mental health
We equip communities of faith to lead maternal mental health learning and support groups for families through the childbearing year.
Pregnant, recently had a baby, or want to help?
Tell us a little about yourself and we'll be in touch.