When my oldest two sons were born, birth photography was not really a thing. My mom had a few pictures from the Homebirth of my little brother, but I had only seen a few new baby shots from other people’s births. So I have a few really dark pictures of my oldest getting his newborn …
Last month, I posted about the pros and cons of using a handheld device to listen to babies heartbeat intermittently versus using continuous fetal monitoring like hospitals do. You can read that post here. The focus on that post was more on using a handheld Doppler which uses sound waves to pick up the echo …
Can you listen to the baby’s heartbeat? How do you do that without lugging around those big old machines like the hospital has? These are some of the questions that I get asked pretty frequently. There are several different types of devices to listen to baby’s heart rates during pregnancy and birth. The hand held …
Are you getting any exercise during your pregnancy? While you don’t want to start anything strenuous during pregnancy that you haven’t been doing previously, exercise has so many benefits. It can help prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, leg cramps, and swelling of the ankles. It also prevents back pain by strengthening the muscles that support the back. …
This Tools of the Trade series is a spin off of a weekly business networking group that I attend. I get 60 seconds every week to share about midwifery and birth with other business owners. 60 seconds is hard to fill. What do I talk about in 60 seconds? There is so much to say …
Hey friends, I am trying something new to make myself more visible to you my clients and potential clients. I am playing around with doing some videos. You can go over to my Facebook page and see the videos that my students and I did, so that you can get to know a little about …
Last year, I was looking for ways to promote my business and midwifery. My little brother also owns his own business in Nevada. He owns Orbis Tech Services which does audio/visual and security installations. He was telling me about how he had joined an international business networking group with chapters everywhere. He had tripled his …
Summer is here and it is hot here in North Texas. This is the time of year that I can get numerous calls, texts, complaints from clients about headaches, abnormal amounts of Braxton Hicks contractions, and possible pre-term labor. My first two questions are #1 What has your activity been the last two days and …
Do you like maternity photos? How about new baby pics? Curious to see more behind the scenes photos of Comforts of Home Midwifery? I decided to do a monthly Wordless Wednesday post that will have one or more of the above each month. I will try to stick to a theme for each post. See …
