Providing Fellowship, Support, and Enrichment to Oklahoma Midwives and Their Supporters

The Midwives Society of Oklahoma was founded in 2015 and is a community of midwives, birth professionals, and families who are united by a common passion for the health and well-being of mothers and babies.

Our Mission:  To improve maternal and infant wellness by increasing access to midwives and and natural wellness providers, supplying public education about natural birth and wellness options, and providing professional education for the midwifery and birth worker community

Our Vision:  Expecting parents be respected as full, empowered participants in their pregnancies and births; that babies be born into an atmosphere of love and reverence; that midwifery be recognized as the standard of care for all healthy people during the childbearing year; and that midwives support each other with as much passion as they support their clients, lifting each other up to maintain and improve the quality of care provided to birthing people and their families.

Our Goals:  To advance the quality and accessibility of Midwifery in Oklahoma, to represent the interests of midwives all across the state, to monitor legislation, and to ensure that the needs of midwives are communicated and me. 

Our Philosophy:  The practice of Midwifery is distinct from the practice of medicine.  Midwifery is a discipline pertaining to a normal cycle of life and the childbearing years.  We base our profession on the Midwifery Model of Care: 

• Pregnancy and birth are a fundamentally healthy process.

• Each person is unique and their care should be tailored to meet individual needs.

• Attending to the emotional and spiritual components of childbearing are as important as appropriate antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum physical care.

• Midwives should be trained by other midwives, be that training in a school or through apprenticeship.

• Midwives should maintain a professional attitude and practice which promotes congenial relationships between physicians, midwives and students.

• The relationship between midwives and their clients are collaborative in nature.

Monthly Meeting Information

We meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 10-1 at Tulsa Birth Center.  Each month our time from 10-12 is spent on education.  Sometimes taught by MSO members and other months we welcome a guest speaker.  These educational portions count for Catergory 2 for NARM Recertification.  For midwife members and student midwife members we set aside 12:00-1:00 for peer review. 

Once you have joined MSO you will be invited to join our private FaceBook group where we post monthly meeting information, updates, other area birth-related meeting information (ie. Smooth Transitions meetings). 

A Zoom link is provided for the educational time of the meeting for those outside the greater Tulsa area.  Your camera must remain on. 
We do not provide virtual peer review during the meetings.