Homebirth midwife in Denton, Texas, Ardmore, Oklahoma, and surrounding areas.
I first heard about postpartum depression when I was 20. My friend’s sister had recently had a baby and was suffering from it pretty badly. I would go to hang out at his house and his sister was almost always there. Her husband would drop her and the kids off at her mom’s house on …
Disclaimer – I did receive this book for free in exchange for my review. However I am not being compensated for this review and it is my own opinion. When I first heard about the books Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes by Lily Nichols RDN, CDE, I was …
One of the special things about being a midwife is getting to work with couples. I love watching that special bond between a couple. I may see it during prenatal visits when they are sitting across from me while telling a story. It really shows up during the birthing process. We love involving dads and …
I was recently approached by Ashley Taylor from DisabledParents.org about doing a guest post for parents with disabilities. This is what Ashley has to say. Being a parent is one of the most rewarding jobs on Earth, yet it’s also one of the most stressful. Add a disability into the mix and you can …
Have you ever been to the doctor or midwife and been asked for a urine specimen? Do you know why they do that? Why I check your urine Would you believe that your urine tells quite a bit about how your body is functioning? It tells me a lot about what kind of things you …
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 …
I love being a midwife. It is the best job that I have ever had. One reason that I feel that way is because I view it as a calling on my life and not just a job that I fell into or am working just to pay my bills. I have managed a couple …
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. …