Kim Osterholzer
Hannah Simmons
Nourish + Thrive
A Midwife in Amish Country
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Nourish + Thrive!
The newest edition of Nourish + Thrive is FINALLY finished and available!!! I’m really thrilled with this edition! It’s now nearly 400 pages spanning three parts! Part One includes an excerpt from Homebirth—Safe + Sacred detailing the safety of birthing at home, a chapter describing the care generally provided by homebirth midwives, a complete listing[…]
Let’s Gather!
Hello, Dear Friends! We’re going to take a second stab at hosting our reunion after getting stormed out last Friday! This time, though, we’ll be gathering on Sunday afternoon/evening, September 29th, from 4:00pm, right here at our house! We’ll start a fire toward dark for those who’d like to linger ♥ If you’re a client,[…]
Why Not Home?
Curious about homebirth? At 6:30pm on Thursday evening, September 12th, Hannah and I will be hosting a screening of the 78-minute film, Why Not Home? The Surprising Birth Choices of Doctors and Nurses, at PLE Chiropractic! If you’ve not yet seen the film, here’s little about it from the producers themselves: Why would doctors who[…]
A Woman Twice My Age
Thirty years ago this morning, filled with my own baby, I perched precariously upon the edge of a surprisingly little bed as a woman twice my age birthed her 11 pound, 2 ounce baby… I sat there and breathed with her as she squeezed my hand with all of her might… Two months later to[…]
Mom! I’ve Been Thinking!
Mom! I’ve been thinking! Four words I’ve heard more times than I can count… Four words that’ve greeted me at doors, roused me from sleep, disrupted our homeschooling schedule, and interrupted my own train of interesting thoughts… Four of my very favorite words ever ♥♥♥♥ And so Paul’s doing a thing! He’s wrestled a[…]
Legacy
legacy /ˈleɡəsē/ …the long-lasting affect of a particular set of events, actions, etcetera that occurred in the past, or the impact of a person’s life… …something imparted by or received from someone or something from the past… I recently learned when a midwife attends to a birthing woman whose birth she also attended, it’s called[…]
Baby Number One
30 years ago today I attended the very first birth of my career ♥ A Midwife in Amish Country Chapter Three RING! The rude noise scattered my dreams and sent my pulse crashing into my ears. I jolted upright. What was that? I patted my hand over the bedside table, searching for the clock. Why[…]
A Springful of Babies
It’s Sunday afternoon—it’s a granddaughter’s first birthday, my son and his wife’s seventh wedding anniversary, and Father’s Day! I updated this three days later on the first day of summer so I could capture our final spring birth ♥ I’ve held off updating my statistics as I’m sooo close to attending my 700th birth, but[…]
To Facilitate an Unwinding
CFT Training in Colorado Springs!
“This therapy follows the flow and needs of the body that is unwinding. It’s gentle and effective for any age, from newborns to the elderly. It’s based around the concept that you always work with the body and never against it.” Betsy Richards, CFT Practitioner
Five Years!
“There it is! Oh, God, thank you. I found the stone farmhouse easily enough. It was the only one along that isolated stretch of gravel. But it was the isolated stretch of gravel I had troubling finding in the gloom of the rain-splattered night. My nerves and stomach were coiled into a knot so tight[…]