Family Birth Center

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day. 🤍

There are not enough words to express how grateful we are to witness the transformation into motherhood, again and again. To be invited into such vulnerable, powerful moments is something we never take lightly.

We have the privilege of watching women discover strength they didn’t know they carried, love that changes them forever, and the quiet magic that unfolds when a baby is placed into their arms for the very first time. Whether it’s your first baby or your fifth, every journey into motherhood is unique, profound, and deeply worthy of honoring.

Thank you for trusting us to walk alongside you through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and all the beautiful in-between moments.

Today, we celebrate all forms of motherhood:
- the new mothers
- the seasoned mothers
- the grieving mothers
- the hoping-to-be mothers
- the foster, adoptive, and chosen mothers
- and the mothers who continue to nurture everyone around them with love and care

You are seen. You are valued. And you are doing an incredible job.

With so much love,
The Family Birth Center Team 🤍

04/28/2026

Our clients are so funny! Love this card from

04/08/2026

Birth Plan Level 1000 (ask your provider for the “I was walking my dog” package 😂

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03/10/2026

Two lobes, one amazing job. ✨

This is a bilobed placenta, which simply means the placenta developed in two separate sections (lobes) that are connected by blood vessels within the membranes. Instead of one round “pancake,” it’s more like a placenta with a buddy.

Why does this happen? Most of the time it’s just one of those fascinating variations of normal in pregnancy. As the placenta forms early in pregnancy, it attaches where it can get the best blood supply from the uterus. Occasionally that growth spreads into two nearby areas instead of one single disk.

Both lobes still work together to do all the important placenta things:
• Deliver oxygen and nutrients
• Remove waste
• Support baby’s growth
• Produce hormones that sustain pregnancy

Nature is pretty incredible at adapting.

One thing providers pay attention to with bilobed placentas is making sure both lobes are delivered after birth, since the connecting vessels can run through the membranes. But when everything comes out together, it simply becomes another example of how beautifully unique placentas can be.

Midwives will say it forever: placentas are amazing.

Curious question for you all 👇
Did you know placentas could come in different shapes and variations like this?

02/28/2026

This is birth.

One moment you’re laughing with your midwife… the next you’re roaring through a contraction (not pictured 😉).

This mama worked hard to bring her baby earthside but tucked between the intensity were moments of joy. And those moments aren’t random… they’re physiologic.

Oxytocin, often called the “love hormone”, is the primary hormone of labor. It’s responsible for those beautiful, powerful uterine contractions. It’s also released with laughter, touch, connection, and feeling safe.

Adrenaline, on the other hand, is our fight-or-flight hormone. Helpful if we’re running from danger… not as helpful when we’re trying to open and birth a baby.

When oxytocin flows more freely than adrenaline, labor tends to unfold more smoothly. This is why environment, support, safety, and even laughter matter so much in birth.

Birth can be intense and joyful, sometimes in the very same minute.

What helped you boost your oxytocin during labor? ✨

02/13/2026

Beautiful Crumble Apple Pie that our amazing client brought us for her last appointment today. Food is the way to our hearts. 🫶🏻

02/12/2026

4 feet one day… 1 foot the next.

Umbilical cords are such a beautiful reminder that there are so many variations of normal.

This sweet baby had a shorter cord and a marginal cord insertion, meaning it attached right at the edge of the placenta instead of the center.

Different lengths. Different insertions. Same amazing physiology.

Birth never stops fascinating us.

02/10/2026

Longest umbilical cord at the birth center tonight. 4ft long!!!! 😳 Almost as long as most of the team. 😆

02/04/2026

The MANA stats are out 🎉🎊👶

MANA stats from almost 17,000 home births. Home Birth is safe!

01/01/2026

The other night, the Family Birth Center team and their partners celebrated the close of 2025.
We are incredibly grateful for our clients past, present, and future, and we wish you all a happy and healthy New Year.