Transfers from home births and birth centers to hospitals happen regularly and are an important part of safe care for birthing people and babies. We know that approximately 10-20% of planned community births (homebirth and birth center births) transfer to the hospital when pain medication or labor augmentation is needed, or when complications arise.
Yet midwives, emergency services personnel, nurses, and receiving hospital providers don't receive training on how to work together as a care team. We often find ourselves trying to provide care in stressful emergency situations without the information or skills we need to do so effectively.

We're ready to change that and work together to improve care!

We now offer two versions of our course to promote interprofessional skills for smooth transfer from planned community birth to hospital.  

Both courses are approved for CE by ACNM, and provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17686.



Our unique program...

  • is a curriculum designed by and for midwives, emergency services personnel, nurses, and receiving hospital providers
  • shares new collaborative methods for improving home birth and birth center to hospital transfers 
  • teaches communication skills critical to keep calm and clear during stressful situations
  • includes clinical best practices
  • models scenarios demonstrating these best practices for communication and care
  • teaches creative tools for bridging relationships with other provider types
  • everything you need to know about the other providers involved to support optimal care and smooth transfer across all settings of a community birth transfer


This program will help all provider types work together smoothly so we can improve outcomes and the experience of care for mothers and babies.



Tools for  Receiving Community Birth Transfers is designed for care providers working in hospital. It is approved by ACNM for 1.5 hours of CE, and is provider approved by the California Board of Nursing, Provider Number 17686, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Transfer Tools for  Midwives, EMS, and Hospital Providers is designed for all care providers in that chain of care. It is approved by ACNM for 4 hours of CE, and is provider approved by the California Board of Nursing, Provider Number 17686, for 4 Contact Hours.