Modern Midwife -Seasons of Life Midwifery

11/23/2023

This is pretty much truth. I wish more OBGYNs/MD’s would figure this out! Maybe someday?

10/22/2023

We are GROWING! The new Website is done! We have 2 awesome new assistants! We are now accepting birth clients on a limited basis for 2024 (Website has months available!) AND.... Integrative Women's Health care, Menopause and even Mental health options! Check it out! Spread the word!

DID YOU KNOW—3 out of 5 females between the ages of 40 and 55 experience one or more of these perimenopausal symptoms: Hot flashes, Vaginal dryness and discomfort, Mood changes: anxiety/depression, Negative impact on work and life, Low libido, Sleep...

09/09/2022

Is anyone ready to change this? I feel like it’s old news.

In many parts of the country, there are fewer places to give birth. Obstetric units have closed in New Hampshire, New York, Delaware, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Wyoming and other states — creating maternity care deserts for millions of Americans. Alecia McGregor of Harvard University and Aubre T...

04/15/2022

11/11/2021

Hi everyone! I’m back! Long time no post! Just to let you know- I am now sharing office space at Seven Springs Midwifery! ( FKA Welcome home! ) ❤️ I am currently looking for your amazing birth pics and stories to post on my updated website! Please PM them to me! 💕
www.Modernmidwife.net

09/23/2021

This is the sad truth...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but attachment parenting in a detached society is exhausting.
No. It’s not your baby.
There is nothing wrong with them if they want to be held all the time.
No. It’s not you.
You’re not doing it wrong.
Your feelings of exhaustion and depletion and being touched out are normal- considering the weight you’re carrying. Those feelings, and the deep ache underneath them - are a reminder that you were never meant to do this alone.
Babies want to be held. And we want to hold them close. Exclusive/extended breastfeeding, cosleeping, babywearing- all of these are intuitive, ancestral practices that have kept our species alive throughout history. Attachment parenting is just parenting!!
But never before have we parented in such isolation. There were always other hands stirring the soup pot, other aunties, and sisters, and uncles and grandmas, and cousins, and neighbors helping with the daily tasks and child rearing. Other arms carrying the weight of raising humanity. Together.
And now, it’s just you. Alone in the kitchen, trying to stir the soup and bounce the baby and play with the toddler and keep an eye on the big kid and answer the phone and sweep up the mess and tackle the laundry and .....
No matter how magical your baby wrap is — it can’t take the place of a whole village.
So no, you’re not doing it wrong. You’re just trying to stay connected in a world set on tearing you apart.
But don’t give up mama. I know you’re tired and touched out, but you’re giving your baby exactly what she needs. And maybe one day, when she’s raising her own babies,there will be a village around her, helping her hold it all together.

Beautiful words and Pic by on Instagram

10/25/2020

It’s been incredibly busy for the past 18 months!

Here is a link to a short documentary that was made about our work since March 2019 in Yates county. My last official day in the practice is tomorrow, and I’m sad to go -but SO happy that an incredible practice has been “born” to serve the women of the Mennonite community! We need more MIDWIVES everywhere!

Home birth is one of the safest ways to give birth for low-risk, healthy women. In the United States, many women do not have easy access to clinics and hospital...