This October, as we pause to honor all those impacted by breast cancer, we’re also taking note of the connection between the breastfeeding care midwives provide and long-term breast cancer risk. [1/4]

A new study is making the postpartum care provided by community midwives more visible, and the findings carry implications for perinatal health broadly. [1/6]

Happy National Midwifery Week! 🎉 Today, we’re excited to highlight ACNM’s theme: “A Moment of Evidence.” At CBDR, this is the moment we live for. [1/4]

"How long will entering my birth data actually take me?" It's one of the most common questions we hear from midwives considering CBDR, and a fair one, given how full your days already are. [1/3]

Got questions about entering your data, using the CBDR platform, or anything else? Join live office hours with Akane Sugimoto Storey, Program Manager & Data Doula for CBDR. [1/3]

When you track your outcomes through CBDR, you're building a clear, evidence-based record of your own practice: your care and your outcomes over time. [1/2]

When a pandemic comes to a community, does the prevalence of breastfeeding among its families make a difference to outcomes? A new study in Breastfeeding Medicine says yes. [1/6]

Wondering about CBDR? Here’s a quick summary. The Community Birth Data Registry is a place for community birth midwives to enter their data and see it reflected back as something meaningful: your outcomes, your patterns, your practice, over time. [1/4]

This September, during World Suicide Prevention Month, we're taking a moment to talk about maternal mental health. [1/5]

The first step to joining CBDR is a simple online form. But when you fill it out, you’re doing a lot more than meets the eye. Most importantly, you’re gaining a way to monitor and understand YOUR OWN practice outcomes, so you can improve YOUR care. [1/3]

What does the field of community midwifery need to move forward? According to Dr. Tanya Khemet Taiwo, CPM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Midwifery at Bastyr University & nationally-recognized birth justice advocate, a huge part of the answer is data. [1/4]

September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: a time to hold space for every family who has lost an infant, and to recommit to the work of prevention. Birth defects, preterm birth, low birthweight, and pregnancy complications remain the leading causes of infant death in the U.S. [1/4]

Improving your community birth practice starts with understanding what outcomes you're getting now. For CBDR members, that picture is clear: ✓ Access your own data any time to see stats and trends [1/2]

CBDR members: Starting with 2026, our data entry deadline will move to March 1. Moving the date earlier gives our team more time to build annual reports and aligns better for members in states with their own earlier reporting requirements. [1/2]

CBDR collects clinical data, not administrative data. Why does that matter? Administrative data come from billing codes: ➡️Generated for reimbursement (not care) ➡️ Coding can miss or misclassify important clinical details [1/3]

This spring, CBDR co-director Marit Bovbjerg presented CBDR data for the first time at the 2026 OB COAP Annual Meeting. She presented findings from 1,216 courses of care, submitted by member practices between January 2022 and June 2025. Among CBDR practices, there was...[1/3]

This week is AANHPI Breastfeeding Week, and this year's theme is data equity: why it matters for AANHPI families, and what better data could look like. Maternal and child health data haven’t always reflected AANHPI families accurately or fully. [1/3]

Community birth midwives show up for their clients through long labors, late-night calls, and care that doesn't stop at the birth itself. And the outcomes speak for themselves: excellent, consistent, and with lifelong impact. Reimbursement for that work should reflect its true value. [1/3]

When you submit your birth data, can it be used against you? Not when your registry is CBDR. CBDR is housed within the Foundation for Health Care Quality (FHCQ), a designated Patient Safety Organization (PSO). [1/3]

New research is asking a critical question: what solutions actually work to address the growing crisis in rural maternity care? CBDR's own Program Manager, Akane Sugimoto Storey, helped lead a scoping review for the Washington State Department of Health, examining models from around the world. [1/3]

🎉 Happy World Breastfeeding Week! Community birth midwives are often the first and most consistent source of breastfeeding support a family receives. From the first latch to the challenges that come in the early weeks, that relationship shapes a breastfeeding success. [1/3]

Every year on August 1, a wave of lactation celebrations kicks off globally. Groups of passionate organizers all over the world mobilize around goals related to how we nourish babies & how that impacts the health of our communities. Follow them now & stay tuned for events over the next few weeks:

Now is a great time to enter your second quarter data. Bonus: It will help you stay on track for our earlier data deadline this year. Starting with 2026 data, the CBDR submission deadline shifts to March 1. [1/2]

"I was able to take it back”: Seeking VBAC after experiencing dehumanizing maternity care in a primary cesarean, highlights the long-lasting impact of birth experiences. The study calls on healthcare providers to recognize that interactions and interventions—while routine for the care team...[1/2]

At CBDR, we’re serious about supporting our members. This includes access to regular office hours with our program manager, Akane Sugimoto Storey, live and drop-in, no registration required. Bring your questions, enter data in real time, learn how to run reports for your practice...[1/3]

Interested in CBDR, but wondering whether the data you input can be traced back to you? This is a common and reasonable question, and it is one CBDR takes seriously. CBDR is built with safeguards designed to protect provider confidentiality...[1/3]

This week, during Black Maternal Mental Health Week, we recognize the mental health needs of Black mothers and birthing people and the inequities that continue to shape the care they receive. [1/5]

Black Maternal Mental Health Week is a call to action. Here is one way to answer the call: (1/5)

Birth equity work depends on knowing where disparities exist, and that requires data that reflect all birth settings and all birthing families. When you add your data to CBDR, you’re helping build a picture of community birth that is complete enough to create change:...[1/2]

This week is International Birth Trauma Awareness Week, an annual observance led by the Birth Trauma Association to bring greater attention to an experience that is more common than many people realize, and still not talked about enough. [1/3]