Category / First Time Mom

M and J started care with me in the first trimester of their first pregnancy.  I had known M for a few years through the hard years of infertility and working through IVF.  She wanted a home birth.  There were a couple things in her health history that were not best to be manged by […]

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R and J transferred care to me in the third trimester of their first pregnancy.  R was really wanting an unmedicated delivery, and after an unpleasant appointment with her OBGYN, decided it was time to transfer to a midwife.  When I received her records, her previous provider said one of her risk factors was that […]

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A and D started care with me in the first trimester of their first pregnancy.  A was super excited about having a home birth with her first baby. A’s pregnancy progressed along normally.  The morning of New Years Day, A sent me a text that she was irregularly leaking some kind of fluid and baby […]

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A and B started care with me in the third trimester of their first pregnancy.  They had been seeing an OB, but found that their OB was not supportive of their wishes.  Their childbirth educator recommended they talk to a midwife to help them get the birth they wanted. A’s pregnancy progressed normally.  At her […]

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F and T started care with me in the first trimester of their first pregnancy. F had a great pregnancy.  As her due date neared, her baby liked staying in a ROT (right occiput transverse) position despite doing position exercises.  On the evening of November 18, I saw F for her 41 week appointment and […]

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