Modern Michigan Doula Service

23/07/2024

Labor of Love has seen the hurt and confusion that is surrounding the loss of Midland’s only hospital based Midwife group.

We have seen firsthand the positive impact our local midwives have had in many of our client’s birth journeys.

What can we do?

We have been informed that one way we can try and get “Full Scope” Midwives to become a part of MyMichigan Hospital is to write letters to the hospital indicating the desire to have “Full Scope” Midwives. (Full scope means that your midwife gets to serve you through prenatal and birth.)

Who can write a letter?

Anyone previously having had a midwife and the care you received, those currently seeing the midwives, professionals that have benefited from advancing the care of their patients or anyone that finds the full scope midwifery care beneficial.

Currently MyMichigan has midwives, but they currently are not able to be full scope, only able to assist families with triage care.

Labor of Love works alongside OBGYN offices and Midwives and we feel BOTH are important to offer our community. Write your letters and help give moms in our community a choice on how and with who they want to birth with.

Send letters to:
Dr. David Jordahl
4000 Wellness Dr
Midland, MI 48670

19/04/2023

Dr. Kayla Sahr is amazing and always has great tips!

29/03/2023

This is a great opportunity for anyone pregnant who is interested in prenatal yoga classes!

Who’s ready for some prenatal yoga?

Perfect for all trimesters and experience levels, these classes are a powerful combination of stretch, strength, and freedom.

The six-week series format allows pregnant mommas to truly learn skills that may help them during labor and well into motherhood. Plus, you’ll develop a community of women going through the same thing as you!

There’s a huge need in our area for prenatal support, and I’m so excited to hold this space. Please DM or email me with questions. ❤️

https://www.centercitystudiomidland.com/service-page/prenatal-yoga?referral=service_list_widget

06/01/2023

Modern Michigan Doula Service is booking due dates for 2023, availability is limited. Contact me today to set up your free virtual consultation.

15/08/2022

After taking the first summer off for births in 14 years to spend time with my family, I'm now well rested and ready for the busy fall/winter babies. With that being said I only have a few openings left and they wont last long. Remeber I take 4 clients a month depending on due dates.

24/05/2022

So true!!!!!

I Won’t Hold Your Baby

…unless you ask me to, in which case, I will snuggle and cuddle your baby as much as you want me to.

I never ask my clients if I can hold their baby. In fact, I rarely ever touch my client’s baby if I can help it. Sounds sort of like the opposite of what you might picture of a doula, right? We must all be birth crazy, baby obsessed women who just want to cover babies in kisses and love and get an emotional high from attending births?

Not this doula.

I LOVE attending births. Call me crazy, but getting those middle of the night calls is one of my favorite parts of this job. I get to listen to someone at their most vulnerable times - the excitement, the hesitation, the nervousness of the unknown. Being able to provide some comfort, reassurance and continuity of care to the people I work with is so important to me (and them!)

Rushing off in the night, quietly getting myself ready, getting in the car and heading off to their home or hospital makes me feel like I’m on a secret birth mission that nobody around me knows about. When I arrive I fall as seamlessly as I can into the rhythm of the birth and start supporting my clients in whatever way they need most.

When the baby arrives I step aside and leave room for the new parents to discover their baby. I try and grab some photos (I’m not a birth photographer though, so keep your expectations in check!) and then I only step in if my client needs me for some reason.

Why does that matter? Why won’t I ask to hold your baby? Simply because: they are yours, not mine. I want you to be able to hold your baby as close as you want, for as long as you want without anyone interrupting that time. There will be enough people coming along in the next few hours and weeks who need to take that baby out of your arms for whatever reason, and tons of friends and family who will offer help by “holding the baby”.

Instead, I want to hold you, whether that’s in my arms, in my heart or my thoughts. By supporting and “holding” you, I don’t need to hold your baby. But if you ask me to, I would LOVE to.

Written by | Bump and Glow- Montreal Doula Services
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