As we’ve said before, the reasons people choose home birth are as varied as the people themselves. From weighing the evidence and determining that the pros and… Read more “Why Home Birth?”
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6 Tips to Achieve Your Goal of Having a Home Birth
So, you’ve done your research, and you’ve decided to have a home birth. Planning your baby’s birth is such an exciting time! But, as you know, birthing… Read more “6 Tips to Achieve Your Goal of Having a Home Birth”
Mod Midwives: Ultrasound in Pregnancy
Expectant families have many decisions to make during their care. In last week’s podcast and blog, we gave you a tool for making these decisions. This week,… Read more “Mod Midwives: Ultrasound in Pregnancy”
Your First Prenatal Visit
The beginning of your pregnancy can be an exciting time, full of possibilities – and it can also be a period of worry, of not feeling well,… Read more “Your First Prenatal Visit”
Mod Midwives: Consent, Choice, and Shared Decision Making
In this week’s podcast, we discuss the evolution of the process of client choice. What started as an acknowledgement that clients/patients deserve information about their care has… Read more “Mod Midwives: Consent, Choice, and Shared Decision Making”
Home Birth Prep: Pets
Our pets are a part of our family, and many of our clients want to know how best to care for their pets during a home birth.… Read more “Home Birth Prep: Pets”
Mod Midwives: 10 (okay, 23) Things We Love About Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding is something that we can wax poetic about for hours, so in this week’s podcast we want to highlight a number of things about breastfeeding that… Read more “Mod Midwives: 10 (okay, 23) Things We Love About Breastfeeding”
Community Building
These past two days, we traveled north to attend the semi-annual conference for our state midwifery organization. Life has been busy for both of us this year,… Read more “Community Building”
Mod Midwives: Newborn Screening
September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month. Here at Metro Midwifery we are such big proponents of newborn screening that we even recorded a podcast about it for… Read more “Mod Midwives: Newborn Screening”
Our Grand Opening and Save the Date
Even though we officially opened our doors in July, we only just hosted our Grand Opening on September 18th. We were absolutely thrilled with the turnout and… Read more “Our Grand Opening and Save the Date”