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In Northern California’s Maternity Desert, a Humboldt Midwife Offers Intimate Births KQED_RURALMATERNALHEALTH_HIRES_34-KQED KQED_RURALMATERNALHEALTH_HIRES_16-KQED KQED_RURALMATERNALHEALTH_HIRES_08-KQED KQED_RURALMATERNAL
As hospitals across the state shutter, rural midwives provide specialized, and sometimes lifesaving, medical care. An appointment room at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Portrait of midwife Laura Doyle at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Midwife Laura Doyle measures expecting parent Leslie Booher’s fundal height during an appointment at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Appointments with the midwives last an hour, unlike the typical 10 to 15 minute checkup with an OB-GYN, and allow the midwives to discuss a comprehensive number of topics with expecting parents. The exterior of Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. The midwives moved to this location in January of 2026 in order to be closer to Providence St. Joseph, the one remaining ho
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As hospitals across the state shutter, rural midwives provide specialized, and sometimes lifesaving, medical care. An appointment room at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Portrait of midwife Laura Doyle at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Midwife Laura Doyle measures expecting parent Leslie Booher’s fundal height during an appointment at Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. Appointments with the midwives last an hour, unlike the typical 10 to 15 minute checkup with an OB-GYN, and allow the midwives to discuss a comprehensive number of topics with expecting parents. The exterior of Moonstone Midwives Birth Center on Monday, May 4, 2026 in Eureka, Calif. The midwives moved to this location in January of 2026 in order to be closer to Providence St. Joseph, the one remaining ho
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