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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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
“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[…]
Betsy Richards, our practice’s senior apprentice, recently completed her Craniosacral Fascial Therapy training with the Gillespie Approach! She’s able to work with babies, children, and adults and, as a client of Betsy’s myself, I can say she has a lovely touch and does truly excellent work! Here’s what Betsy has to say about it! Have[…]
Friends! A Midwife in Amish Country now has 200 reviews on Amazon!!!!!!! A midwife in Missouri stumbled across the book and reached out to me on Facebook to tell me she was reading it and enjoying it! I was so blessed! I truly do love hearing from those of you who’ve read and enjoyed the[…]