Members of the

Tampa Bay Birth Network

are dedicated to these Seven Principles:

• Educating women and their partners about pregnancy, natural birth and postpartum care so they can be empowered to make personal choices with knowledge and clarity
  

• Encouraging women and their partners to choose a midwife and/or doula to assist with their pregnancy and labor
  

• Guiding women toward natural, alternative and complementary care in addition to their regular prenatal and labor care
  

• Advocating for a reduction in the number of unnecessary medical interventions
  

• Supporting women and their partners in their new role as parents by offering resources about new parenthood, including breastfeeding, infant sleeping and postpartum care
  

• Promoting breastmilk for at least the first year, exclusively for the first six months
  

• Maintaining the Midwives Model of Care as outlined by the Citizens for Midwifery (www.cfmidwifery.org)
  

Tampa Bay Birth Network:

Mission Statement

and Principles

MISSION STATEMENT

The Tampa Bay Birth Network's primary mission is to provide a community of professionals, families and individuals who support, educate, and/or promote natural pregnancy, birth and parenting.

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