Kentucky Birth Coalition

Things are Moving!

November 5, 2015

Wow! There are so many exciting things happening with Kentucky Home Birth Coalition that you need to know! First, we have hired a lobbyist firm to assist us in achieving our goal of seeing legislation passed to license Certified Professional Midwives in Kentucky. Jason Baird and Jack Hillard make up Limestone Group, and their combined 40 years of experience in government solutions will greatly assist us in navigating the legislative waters. We’ve only been working with them for a few…

The Birth of Mason

November 1, 2015

Kentucky Birth Coalition

Birth Stories

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Thank you, Morgan, for sharing Mason’s birth story with us! The Birth of Mason Matthew Mitchell I’ve had a lot of time to think about this post. Still, it’s difficult to put into words the whole experience of the day Mason was born and really capture my feeling of it. But I’ll do my best. To my baby boy… Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 started out the same way that all of my other Tuesdays had in the recent past.…

Is home birth legal in Kentucky?

September 10, 2015

Kentucky Birth Coalition

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One question we are frequently asked is whether or not it is legal to have a home birth in Kentucky. The short answer is YES, it is legal to have a home birth in Kentucky. There are no laws in Kentucky that specify where a baby can or cannot be born. We’ve all seen a news story where a baby is born on the side of the road while on the way to the hospital (or some similar story). It…