Tracey Johnstone is a home birth midwife who has been serving the greater Cincinnati area since 2005. Before that she resided in Chicago, IL where she was Special Projects Director for Chicago Community Midwives, Chicago Coordinator for the 2004 International Waterbirth Congress, and a founding member of the Coalition for Illinois Midwifery, along with having a diverse urban home birth practice. Tracey has been involved with midwifery legislation and professional development issues since the time of her apprenticeship in the early 1990’s. It is Tracey’s hope that legislation regulating Certified Professional Midwives will be the first of many initatives that OFSB takes on to improve maternity care and perinatal outcomes in Ohio.