OHMI Midwives

06/22/2026

This will be a great doula training for those looking for local options!

We are hosting another labor doula training at Nest and Nurture July 11-12. Cynthia Gabriel, writer and researcher, author of “Natural Hospital Birth,” will teach this two day workshop for CAPPA. The weekend training is all you need to get started as a doula— including becoming eligible to receive Medicaid payment for attending births. Please reach out with any questions!

06/21/2026

✨ Sometimes babies have plans of their own. ✨

Every so often, a baby decides they simply cannot wait for the midwives to arrive.

While these births are uncommon, they are something we prepare our families for throughout prenatal care. Parents learn what to expect, what to do, have all the right supplies, and know when to call us. By the time their due date arrives, they are equipped with knowledge, confidence, and support.

If labor unfolds more quickly than anticipated, rest assured… we are on our way. During the drive, we remain connected by phone, listening carefully, offering guidance, assessing the situation, and prepared to coordinate additional assistance if ever needed.

Most often, by the time we walk through the door, we are greeted by proud parents cradling their newest family member and marveling at what they have just accomplished!

Our role then becomes completing the remaining assessments, performing a thorough newborn examination, caring for the birthing parent, answering questions, and helping everyone settle comfortably into bed.

These moments are filled with relief, laughter, happy tears, and celebration. Parents discover just how capable they truly are, and we have the privilege of witnessing the first moments of a growing family.

Birth doesn’t always follow the timeline we expect… but when families are prepared, supported, and trusted, amazing things can happen.

🌟Your body knows how to give birth.
💫Your baby knows how to be born.
💛And your midwives are always on their way.

06/16/2026

06/13/2026

Our next In-Person class offering is:
Saturday, July 18, 2026, 10:00 am-1:00 pm
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“Comfort Measures for Labor & Birth”
💜This class is essential for those seeking an unmedicated, no/low-intervention birth.
Fee: $115.00 -Free for current OHMI Clients

This is a 3-hour, In-Person Class
💜Enrollment covers two people (the pregnant person and a designated support person), and includes a complimentary recording of our popular birth preparation class: Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic & Clinical Stages of Labor (sent in pre-class email)

💜This educational/In-Person/hands-on class covers everything you need to prepare for a natural, physiological progression of labor and birth: Tools, Positions, Spinning Babies techniques, Affirmations, and More! Our comfort measures for birth class is appropriate regardless of where you intend to give birth (home or hospital).

Comprehensive Childbirth Courses
Classes presented by OHMI Midwives

Register at https://www.ohmimidwives.com/childbirtheducationclasses

05/29/2026

✨Graduation Day✨ X2!
Such a blessing to have families return to care and re-visit their blessing beads. 📿

05/27/2026

For those wanting or needing a childbirth prep class before our July 18th class… look to Birth with Meaning for their June 6th class in Fremont, Ohio. We love Meredith 💞

05/27/2026

What Are We Listening to Wednesdays!

Should pregnant people check their own urine protein at home when they have a gestational hypertension DX?
•After all, home-based BP monitoring is an established part of HDP care.
•Is there data on home urine protein dipstick tests in gestational hypertension?
•What do professional guidelines say?
•And what are the pros and cons of home self-monitoring of urine protein?

For the record, we do not use urine dipsticks in our practice. Research, trial of our own client base, and historically dismissing results… Udips are inaccurate and therefore, we don’t use them.

Podcast Episode · Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls · May 26 · 18m