There is a test that will be offered to your baby called the “Newborn Screen” – whether your baby is born at home or in a hospital or birthing center, this test will be offered to your baby. Some people mistakenly call it the “PKU test”….the reason that is a mistake is that PKU (phenylketonuria) [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Background: Arizona midwives are in transition right now – where the state of midwifery ends up at the end of this transition will affect thousands of mothers, fathers, and their babies for so many years to come. Arizona has had licensed midwives since 1978 (yes, they have only been legally recognized for 35 years) and [...]
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Welcome to the first year of 2013!! What a year we are wrapping up – ups and downs and all arounds it seems. I am so grateful to all of the babies who we have seen slip earthside and would like to take a moment to reflect on each baby’s unique story. Thank you to [...]
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Midwife – that word is one of the craziest words I know. What does it mean to be a midwife? I’ve written many blog posts about all of the blessings I feel having such an incredibly important responsibility as well as how I feel about the highest of compliments…the gift…the honor…of being asked to attend [...]
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It’s 2:13am when my phone starts to ring. It only rings once before I have answered it, “Hello?” “Hi….it’s (husband of a client)….my wife is started having contractions a couple of hours ago and her water just broke.” It takes less than 7 minutes for me to ask the questions I need to ask (What [...]
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My oldest child, my son, is turning 17 years old in just a couple of weeks. 17….unbelievable. How did that happen!? Little shrimpy 5’1” tall me, looking up at this looming 6’3” man who lives in my house and shares my name but isn’t my husband. Finally leaving his room at 10:30am on Saturday, he [...]
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Thank goodness I had a homebirth! My baby would have died if I’d given birth in a hospital!! Why don’t we hear women saying this? We often hear the opposite. Thank goodness their baby was born in a hospital because they needed a c-section and without that c-section their baby would have died. Their baby [...]
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Friday, February 24, 2012
At Nurturing Hearts Birth Services (shortened down to NHBS to locals), there is a group that meets every other Tuesday evenings that we call the “Nurturing Bellies” group – a support group of sorts, but a social group of expectant and new mothers. It’s a sanctuary, an educational group, a free night out for some, [...]
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Today, the last day of the year, is always my day of reflection. I look back at all of the births of the previous year – reliving the triumphs, double questioning the disappointments, always feeling infinitely grateful for having been a part of each of these families special days. And, as I did last year, [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
There are times when I feel like my clients know me way better than they have any need to simply because of this blog of mine. And there are other times when I am baffled and want to say, “Um, have you not READ my blog?” even though I know that they have. We are [...]
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