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Moonlight Midwifery Homebirth Midwifery in Atlanta GA

We must respect the baby’s process. It drains fluid from it’s mouth, it swallows down it’s throat, it absorbs in it’s lu...
08/11/2026

We must respect the baby’s process. It drains fluid from it’s mouth, it swallows down it’s throat, it absorbs in it’s lungs.
Should I really be placing this baby that has been curled up for 9months straight on it’s back in a cold room and rubbing it up and sticking stuff in its mouth?
Resoectuly, I don’t believe so.
NRP, I’m glad you’ve added this training video for delayed cord clamping, but we have more to teach you.
Sincerely, Midwives

ATLANTA Event- I’m interested in going… who else? 🙋‍♀️Repost- Join us in Metro Atlanta for this award winning screening ...
08/03/2026

ATLANTA Event- I’m interested in going… who else? 🙋‍♀️
Repost- Join us in Metro Atlanta for this award winning screening of this incredible documentary! We are honored to have Kristine Lauria with us for the evening to offer a time of discussion following the screening.

Allowed to Birth: The Journey of a Global Midwife is a feature documentary that explores the growing medicalization of birth through the life and work of a dedicated midwife committed to protecting birth as a natural physiological process. Spanning cultures and continents, the film examines how modern maternity care has evolved, the consequences of routine medical intervention, and the efforts of birth professionals advocating for evidence-based, woman-centered care. Through intimate stories, expert perspectives, and real-life experiences, the documentary invites audiences to reconsider what it means to give birth with dignity, autonomy, and trust in the body’s innate capacity. Ultimately, the film is both a personal journey and a broader exploration of the global movement to restore respectful, informed, and empowering birth.

07/19/2026

Meeting someone who wrote a book that so perfectly describes the depth and meaning you see in the birth journey, which validates why I midwife the birth journey with such intention, was so good for this midwife soul!! Sometimes it feels like so few “get it” and influencers are putting all the basic stuff out there over and over. I tell my clients, listen to the wisdom of those who write the books!! - Ina May Gaskin, Pam England, Aviva Romm, Penny Simkin, Rosemary Gladstar… and Britta Bushnell, who wrote an amazing book just a few years ago.
Meet Britta Bushnell! author of Transformed by Birth. She also hosts a podcast and said she’ll be interviewing Aviva Romm soon. Her goddaughter just had a birth with Mama Sarahn. There are so many connections underlying all this because the birth world is small when you stick around.
Anjli and I go way back 20 years to nursing and midwifery school at Emory, and starting Atlanta Birth Center. Guina Bixler has always been a loving light amongst us, guiding women with childbirth classes (Birthing from within) and doula work.
The soul breathes a special sigh when you are with sisters in your work journey. Those who understand the beauty, the hardship, the devotion and the depth.
Pick up Britta’s book if you haven’t read it
Or listen on Audible or Spotify


peace and love to my people💜

07/03/2026

I have September openings for waterbirth. You choose location. ✨💜

I love seeing accounts post the deep and true stuff I’ve learned in 20 years of midwifing. I may not be the social media...
06/29/2026

I love seeing accounts post the deep and true stuff I’ve learned in 20 years of midwifing.
I may not be the social media voice, but I’m glad some are.
We absolutely are seeing issues these days with facial tension, breech, disembodiment and destruction of faith. Birthing as you are beautiful designed to birth is what I’m here to support… and all the ways you need support to unwind what this world tied up into weird patterns. Oh we are so complex and beautiful.
Someone do her course and give me feedback if I should be recommending it regularly. 💕

06/02/2026

I am finding so many locked upper backs with poor ability to mobilize posterior ribs or breathe into the back of the lungs and I promise you it will change your birthing life if you fix this.
Hands knees is what I often preach but I love this version too.
I have to unlock this for clients if I am working on turning breech babies or right sided babies.
I had a client do homework this week of sitting with legs to one side, arm up and over, expanding diaphragm in side ribs and her baby moved to optimal.

05/30/2026

I spotted a midwife or doula in there. Did you see it?

What types of midwives are there?In the US, we have several types of providers and the way they practice can vary signif...
05/16/2026

What types of midwives are there?

In the US, we have several types of providers and the way they practice can vary significantly state to state. Each state has unique licensing, laws, etc. Even when it comes to Certified Nurse Midwives with state licensing, their level of autonomy varies.

The lack of well integrated midwifery care in the US influences access and overall US maternal child health stats.

Some terms overlap, might be used interchangeably, and definition can vary with context. Not listed in any particular order:

✨️ Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) - has a bachelors in nursing and masters degree in midwifery, licensed on par with Nurse Practitioners
✨️ Certified Midwife (CM) - has a bachelors, but not in nursingn complete the same advanced degree CNMs complete
✨️Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) - completes an apprenticeship (may also attend midwifery school) and passes the NARM exam
✨️Direct Entry Midwife - might be used to refer to any non-nurse midwife, or describes a midwife who trained but did not pursue NARM accrediation
✨️Traditional Midwife - might be used to describe any midwife based on practice style, or might mean a midwife trained through apprenticeship only
✨️”Birth Keeper” - a term that is sometimes used by non midwives who attend births. There’s no formal midwifery training, may not have any birth emergency skills training, and might have attended only a few births

A birth keeper is not a midwife, but might market themselves as an alternative to a midwife. It is important for anyone seeking home birth care to make informed decisions and know the education, skill level, and experience of anyone they hire.

While CNM are more integrated into the US system this does not equate with better care when we consider the midwifery model as distinct from medicine.

All qualified and well trained birth attendants can safely play a role in maternity care.

The challenge in the US is there are not always clear terms, state laws, etc., so parents must do their due diligence.

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I am a CNM, educated at Emory, licensed in GA, practicing traditional midwifery. -Crystal Bailey

- This Mother’s Day, we’re celebrating every kind of mom 🤍The new moms, the seasoned moms, the ones still waiting, an...
05/10/2026

- This Mother’s Day, we’re celebrating every kind of mom 🤍
The new moms, the seasoned moms, the ones still waiting, and the ones holding their littles in heaven.

The stepmoms, single moms, bonus moms, pet moms, and the ones we carry in our hearts.

Every story matters. Every kind of love counts. 💐
Tag a mom who deserves to feel seen today.

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15years ago I was delivering babies at birth centers! Dont’t be fooled by the judgement of CNMs not being best at phys...
05/03/2026

15years ago I was delivering babies at birth centers!
Dont’t be fooled by the judgement of CNMs not being best at physiologic birth care. What I didn’t learn at school, I learned in being a part of labor, asking God to reveal wisdom and in studying the ways of older midwives.

In CNM school they made us learn all that pharmacology and medical management and how to be excellent at suturing.

But when YOU 💜are the WOO ✨then it’s fine the school made you just learn the science.
Now I only care about science if it teaches me about the fascia 😆 and releasing the sacrum ✨.

So here’s my proof that I have lived up to “Voted most likely to succeed” back in high school because I have succeeded in sticking with my profession and going deeper and deeper into being an expert at it…. Not because I chose it, but because the babies called me to it.

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