The Birth Center of St. Pete

09/29/2024

We are gutted by the devastation everyone experienced in the storm.

Mary Kay, our integral nurse midwife, lost everything in her home.

If you have a means to donate or feel compelled to help- please consider donating to her GoFundme at the link below.

Stay safe everyone. We will get through this together! 🧡

Mary Kay Miller, CNM, DNP, FACNM - Needs our support If you … Ginger Breedlove needs your support for Support Mary Kay Miller, CNM, After Hurricane Helene

01/22/2024

Heather is solo midwifin’ for all y’all doing the home birth thing 💗
They were a student and licensed midwife and had the chance to serve many of you.

Give them a follow & review over at

They offer prenatal care and postpartum care with hospital delivery, homebirth, fertility counseling, home inseminations, and well person PAP smears.

We are so excited to see our midwives out doing what they do best. 💗✨

07/26/2023

New home birth practice in the community alert ‼️
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You all may remember Aliaja, she was a staff midwife at the birthing center until going on maternity leave October 2023 and until the closing of our doors this past January. Join us in celebrating Aliaja’s accomplishments and consider her for your home birth needs! We love to see our community of home birth options get even bigger!
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12/22/2022

Labor charcuterie board anyone?

12/21/2022

a very special present is on the way ☕️🎄👶🏼

12/20/2022

A focused little midwife hard at work ✨

12/03/2022

We had a midwife baby! Join us in congratulating our midwife Aliaja and her partner, Michael, on the beautiful birth of their sweet baby. Baby Saru was safely born at home with the help of midwives.

11/29/2022

Carol’s candle burnt bright today for the three babies we welcomed.
This candle was lit at 3am until now, when we just welcomed our last baby of the day (so far).

11/06/2022

has a new exhibit. Loving attachment is so important for children. Remember, you can’t spoil a baby!

10/03/2022

It’s National Midwifery Week, and thanks to a Creative Loafing article, it’s time to publicly announce that the birth center is closing.

The past ten years defies description.

Midwifery has brought me so much joy. Magical experiences have poured into me, shaping my life in a way that I will forever be grateful for.

So, why is the birth center closing?

Simply, I don’t want to own a business anymore that demands so much of my time and energy. It’s not fair to my family, or me. It’s also not fair that this profession is so underpaid and marginalized. This career has been a lifestyle that at times, feels unjustly difficult.

Everyone who has worked at the birth center (and in midwifery in general) has committed themselves selflessly to midwifery and the families it serves. I am grateful to all the wonderful people who have come into my life because of the birth center and midwifery.

I want to take a moment to call out the foundational people who helped build the birth center. To my mom and dad, who have blindly cheered me on, and never doubted me when I said I was going to open a birth center. To Harmony, for training me. Carmela for doula’ing me. Haddie and Anna for being students who I equally learned from. Mary Catherine for being my student/birth assistant/partner midwife when we first opened and did “all the things” solo. Megan for covering my maternity leave. Mary Kay for catching Sawyer. Michaela for being a competent relief. Kitty for reliably doing the work. Heather for coming in like a breath of fresh air. Matt for being our prescriber and vascular access specialist. My cousin, Bobby, for being our plumber/contractor extraordinaire. Francisco for always coming in with a crew to do the rehab of the new building. Jocelyn for being our resident lactation specialist. The pediatricians in the community that have supported us by lovingly caring for our babies, especially Dr. Jay, Dr. Kargas and staff, Dr Bhumi and staff, Dr. Hirschfield and Dr Moore and staff. The USF group for being hands down the best place to collaborate and transfer to. Dr. Sites for forging our relationship with north Pinellas hospitals. Jenny for holding space for our patients at EVERA. The chiropractors, doulas and childbirth educators who will continue to support families in our community. Especially, to Laura and Aliaja, who have covered most of the call this past year, which allowed me to sit quietly and decide my future. And finally, to the families that have trusted us with their care.

I learned midwifery in bedrooms, cramped bathrooms, in living rooms and at birth centers. I will continue to use these rare and valuable skills as I pivot into nursing. I cannot thank my community enough for trusting me these past ten years. What a gift. Thank you.

Don’t be a stranger.

- Jessica

09/28/2022

Ian is on his way! We hope all you guys stay safe with your babies on the inside, or the outside.

09/15/2022

Everyone’s excited for a baby!