Picturing Over 35 Years as Tulsa's Midwife

Ruth Cobb has been catching babies at home for more than 35 years.

A lot has changed in 35 years, as evidenced by the hair styles and clothing choices in the homebirth pictures below. But through all the years and all the styles, Ruth Cobb has nutured a midwifery practice in Tulsa by providing professional, compassionate midwifery services to her many clients.

In January, 2011, Ruth Cobb caught her 1,900th homebirthed baby. Take a stroll with us down homebirth memory lane...and forgive us in advance for some of the hair styles.

Homebirth Pictures in Oklahoma - Late 70's


Let's just say that our photographic record keeping, while visually stunning in its ability to track the changing clothing trends of the past 35 years, was not the most sophisticated system known to man.

We had to break them into categories we loosely associate with approximate decades...but sometimes the pictures made it into the wrong shoebox...um, highly advanced filing system. So we apologize if your home birth pictures made it into the wrong decade. Enjoy!

Oklahoma Homebirth, Probably in or around the 1970's
Oklahoma Homebirth, Sometime within 20 years of the 1980
Oklahoma Homebirth, Circa 1990, Give or take 20 years.
Oklahoma Homebirth, On or Around the Turn of the Millenium
Oklahoma Homebirth, More Recent, Like 2010"ish"

Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970 Oklahoma Homebirth Pictures 1970
Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife, Special Delivery Midwifery Services is a member of the American Pregnancy Association

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife and Special Delivery Midwifery is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwifes

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife, Special Delivery Midwifery is a member of the Midwives Alliance of North America

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Widwife, Special Delivery Midwifery Services is a member of the Oklahoma Birth Network

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife, Special Delivery Midwifery Service endorses the LaLeche League, breast feeding for life

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife, Special Delivery Midwife Services is a member of the Oklahoma Midwife Alliance

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife is a member of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives

Ruth Cobb, Tulsa Midwife, recommends the Birth Survey