Mountain Perinatal Education

Mountain Perinatal Education The intersection of my Christian faith and pregnancy, birth, and family life. I teach about pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding. I am only one person though.

Families and professionals need information based on current research (and common sense) so that they can have the safest and most satisfying birth possible. Birth is about more than just getting the baby from the inside to the outside. It includes an enormous emotional shift for all members of the family. For professionals concerned about quality of healthcare, attending to those emotional needs

is not usually something that was emphasized in their training. Non-pharmacologic forms of pain relief, initiation of breastfeeding, and parent-
infant bonding are all subjects that I teach. I enjoy educating parents as well - one-on-one, in groups, over Skype, and on this page. As an ICEA certified trainer for doulas and childbirth educators, I can now train others. No woman should live in fearful expectation of her birth experience. Knowledge and support can abolish that fear. Together we can make a difference.

Some simple techniques can make a big difference.
06/03/2026

Some simple techniques can make a big difference.

05/26/2026

Oh, how women need to hear this and take it to heart!

You can get pregnant while you are breastfeeding, but everyone is unique.
05/23/2026

You can get pregnant while you are breastfeeding, but everyone is unique.

05/21/2026

Great positioning for mama in labor

05/18/2026

Why do some women have low milk supply? There can be several reasons, but the most common that I have found are not physiological. Women do not get adequate support and often do not receive accurate information. This is a good critique of an article on low milk supply that is making the rounds.

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring has never (no never) been shown to improve outcomes for babies. Intermittent aus...
05/13/2026

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring has never (no never) been shown to improve outcomes for babies. Intermittent auscultation is a reasonable (and I believe preferable) option.

A study by Roth et al. (2026) examined signal loss in external cardiotocography (CTG) during labor, revealing significant gaps in heart rate recordings. Findings indicated no clear correlation betw…

Twice as many postpartum hemorrhages in twenty years.Overuse of Pitocin. Women need to be educated... and then they need...
05/02/2026

Twice as many postpartum hemorrhages in twenty years.
Overuse of Pitocin. Women need to be educated... and then they need to speak up.

Love this ❤️
04/28/2026

Love this ❤️

He can’t take the pain away.

He can’t make the contractions stop. He can’t speed up labor. He can’t do the work for her.

But he can do this.

Hold her. Be steady when everything else is intense.

Stay present in the hard moments.

And sometimes, that’s everything.

Labor isn’t something that can be fixed or solved. It’s something that has to be moved through. Experienced. Surrendered to.

You can’t skip the hard parts. You can’t avoid the intensity. You have to go through it.

But you don’t have to go through it alone.

Look at this photo. Her leaning into him. Him supporting her full weight. Both of them in it together.
This is what support looks like. Not fixing. Not rescuing. But staying.

This moment will pass.

The contraction will end. The intensity will shift. She’ll move into the next phase.

But right now, in this moment, she needs someone to hold her. And he’s there.

Your birth team matters.

Not because they can make labor easy. They can’t.

But because they can make it bearable. Possible. Less lonely.

The right support doesn’t take away the hard. But it holds you through it.

And that changes everything.

📸 shared with permission from this Full Well family.

The latest on red raspberry leaf tea in pregnancy.
04/23/2026

The latest on red raspberry leaf tea in pregnancy.

What's the evidence for raspberry leaf tea in pregnancy? Dr Sara Wickham investigates, explaining what we do and don't know.

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