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Midwife Mykl, 14 Main Avenue S, Bagley, MN (2026)

03/20/2026

I’m pretty sure I could have a good side gig going of Student Driver driving hour logging. If other busy parents who can’t fit in their teenager’s 50 hours of driving needed to hire it out, I could probably get the job done! 🤣

Today my son Zeb got in 200 minutes and 155 miles. Rural Home Visit prenatal days are very handy for this. He’s also gotten 158, 337, 267, 217, and 224 minute days—and more. He usually gets 1 good long driving day a week, and is knocking these hours out as quickly as he can.

Whenever I’m getting ready to leave home for a long day, he looks over at me with a glimmer in his eye, “Is it a DRIVING day?!” Because if it is, he wants to come! He typically catches up on schoolwork or listens to audiobooks while I’m in the appointments, so it’s a win win. 😍😂

03/16/2026

It was a Happy Pi Day! Apparently a lovely day for a Double BIRTHday Party! An early morning baby after a long through the night labor, and then a late afternoon baby! The 3.14 math wasn’t mathing, but the babies multiplied by 2! 🤷🏼‍♂️ (I’ll see myself out…) 🤦🏼‍♂️

The first birth was extra special, as I got to be the baby catcher for my sweet Great Nephew! Congratulations to my Nephew and Niece-in-law! This was my 3rd birth supporting them with Midwifery care, and each journey was very unique. This was such a beautiful Homebirth, with so many sweet moments!

This was the 3rd birth with Birth Assistant Maralee’s help, and she was such an intuitive, excellent assistant—again!

The second birth was so super sweet as well, with a family having their first Homebirth. Seeing the joy of this birth in their faces was so beautiful! I’m so honored to have gotten to witness it.

Birth Assistant Stephanie was my help for this birth, and always so wonderfully helpful! It was so special to get to work with Doula Sapphire as well! It’s been quite a while since getting to experience a birth together. She’s such a sweet Doula presence!

Between all the driving, one fairly long labor of being up all night, heading straight from one birth to the next one, and the two births being at opposite ends of the day, I put in a 40 hour day for this round. Left Friday morning and got home Saturday night. But oh I slept so good Saturday night! If only I could sleep that soundly every night—it felt amazing. 😍😂 Now that I’ve had 1 full night of sleep, I’m ready and waiting for the next call! 😍😂

03/11/2026

Another Frank Breech Baby! A first time mama who we supported for almost 30 hours was so relieved to finally hold her baby in her arms. 😍 And I had an amazing team for it! Birth Assistants Susan and Christina were an amazing breech team—once again!

And while I was with the breech mama, my amazing daughter Alivia backed up for me for a different birth! A multip mama who gives birth fast, just barely arriving in time before the baby!

It took some fancy rearranging of my Birth Assistants, as several were unexpectedly unavailable on this particular day. But I still got to send 2 BA’s for Alivia, and have 2 BA’s for the birth I was at, so that everyone was well supported! A lot of prayer was involved in the rearranging of BA’s for each birth. And Susan would not have been called at all, except that I sent away one BA from me to help Alivia, and called in Susan to come to the breech to replace her. Because distance to each place is a huge factor when rushing in support to a mama who delivers quick!

I’m so grateful for Birth Assistants who care deeply about the support and safety of the families we serve! It’s not lost on me that their availability takes work to be made possible. And I deeply appreciate them for recognizing it’s importance to families. ❤️

02/26/2026

Another baby the very next night! After 3 months of no births in Stephanie’s direction, now we got to have 2 births together 2 nights in a row! This mama spoiled us with a fast labor, and had the baby less than an hour after we arrived!

Stephanie and I had a quick stop at a nearby coffee shop, and then headed on out for the 1-day visit for the breech birth couple from the night before. It was a nice early start to the day!

And that was the 3rd baby in less than 30 hours. Now we will see if we get a few days of no births, or if the birth cluster continues. ;)

02/25/2026

A beautiful Breech Birth a little after midnight!

And another beautiful birth only about 3 hours later!

After 3-1/2 weeks straight of no babies born… what are the chances that 2 baby boys, in 2 Amish communities far from each other, both with the same last name, decide to come in the same night? 😆

First birth was with Birth Assistant Stephanie, who was very excited to finally attend her 1st breech birth with me! (It was also her 1st Amish birth, so she enjoyed that unique detail as well.) Also attended by Midwife Paige, who I invited as an Birth Assistant role because of her great desire to add more breech births to her experience portfolio. Was fun to have her along for this beautiful birth!

Got called to the second birth just as it was time to wrap up at the first. Given this was a 3peat family I know well, I knew that I better call for back up who could arrive asap for their history of fast births, while I headed their way. So a bit before 3am I called Alivia to back up for me, and called Christina to be Birth Assistant. They arrived shortly thereafter! Alivia knew them well from a past pregnancy/birth, and Christina knew them well from attending prenatals in preparation for this birth. They got the perfect team! I arrived a bit after the baby was born, and was so sweet to see this mama cuddled up nursing her baby, and feeling grateful for the fast arrival of the team she had. 😍 I was able to send Alivia to head out again to go get some sleep before her work shift, and Christina stayed and finished up everything with me like the Newborn Exam and cleanup, as usual. Despite the hecticness of 2 babies in one night, it was actually beautifully smooth, and so well supported. 😍

02/10/2026

It was a pleasure to host Dr White of Headwaters Health out of Fosston, for coffee and conversation at my Prenatal Office in Bagley. We talked in depth about the unique needs of the community when serving in healthcare in a large rural setting. As well as many of the ways we can better serve the Fosston and Bagley communities and surrounding areas through collaborative care.

Dr White is an absolute ray of sunshine, and truly works to meet patients where they are at. The way Healthcare should be. I already send families to Headwaters Health for many things as the needs arise, and I look forward to all the new ways I can continue to do so. Thank you to the whole team at Headwaters Health! We look forward to collaborating even more as we move forward!

02/09/2026

So many great topics included in this round of the GOLD Midwifery Conference. Continuing education on POTS in pregnancy today!

02/06/2026

“I have a note to give you from the neighbor down the lane. Do you know them? They wonder if you might have time to stop and see them while you’re in the community today.”

“I know you’re not a doctor, but I tried calling the doctor and I can’t get ahold of her… can I ask you a question about our 2 year old?”

“My sister wonders if you might be able to stop and check on her too, while you’re around.”

“Oh hi, Mykl! I saw you were over here, so I walked over to ask if you could come check on my wife too, whenever you’re done here next door.”

{finds note on door} “Sorry if it’s an inconvenience. We are butchering hogs at the neighbor’s around the corner. Can you meet us there for the checkup?”

{Amish granny midwife asking} “While you’re here, would it be ok if you could check [insert name]’s baby’s position? It just has me a bit confused. I know she’s not your patient. But just if you’re willing.”

“My cousin lives on the corner, down the way. They think their baby might be breech. She’s due soon. They wonder if you can come check on them too.”

These are just a few of the many many examples from a few recent Amish home visit days. (In a mix of several of the 10 Amish communities I serve.)

One recent full day of 4-1/2 hours driving and 4 pre-scheduled prenatals, turned into 8 prenatals and a few more added clients, including a full term breech client. Got home at 10pm.

Today was 4-1/2 hours of driving and only 2 pre-scheduled postpartum visits, but turned into 6 home visits instead. Got home at 8:35pm.

The nightly gas tank fill after a full day of home visits is a good time to take a deep relaxing breath. Decompress from the day. It means I’m almost home. It also means the gas tank is ready in case I’m called away in the night.

It was a beautifully warm 30° day. Couldn’t have asked for a better winter weather day of home visits.

Just a random “day in the life” snippet. That’s all.

01/31/2026

It may have been -15° degrees outside, but it was hot and toasty near the wood stove in this Amish house. A 15 inch umbilical cord, double nuchal hands, born almost en caul, and baby got to cuddle on mama below her belly button for a while, because the cord was too short to come up any higher!

Got called out at 2am, baby was born a bit after sunrise, and I got back to the office just in time for a full day of prenatals. But it was a good day!

Birth Assistant Makayla got in on this birth, and so happy that she did!

01/25/2026

On the way home during the night I got to witness the biggest meteor I’ve ever seen. It traveled south to north, and broke and continued to travel in multiple pieces, then break again and travel further. It was so much more beautiful than this grainy video can show. It stretched across the entire sky as it flew.

I watched, pulled the car over, watched a few more seconds, then pulled out my phone to catch the tail end. I couldn’t believe how long it lasted, and broke, and traveled.

It had been a very hard day. And I had just stopped and paused and teared up a bit at “Rebekah’s intersection” (IYKYK) just 15 minutes before this. It felt like a beautiful reminder of God’s presence, no matter what. As I prayed, and sang along to worship music, and then witnessed this. It truly touched my heart.

If you’ve seen reports of other meteors, then this detail could be interesting too: I witnessed this one from Borup, MN, at 12:31am, and I was facing east.

01/17/2026

Birth Education Class for Parents happening this Saturday, January 17th, from 12pm to 4pm!

There’s still a few open seats left. So this time I’m opening up the class to the public, and announcing here in case anyone else would like to attend!

This class is FREE.

No matter if you’re planning a home birth or hospital birth, this class will help you prepare for it!

Class Location: Midwife Mykl Homebirth Services prenatal office. Bagley, MN.

A few light snacks will be provided. Be sure to eat lunch before you arrive.

Feel free to just show up if you’d like! But if you’re driving from a good distance, send a message first to be sure I wasn’t called away to a labor—in which case the class would be postponed to another day.

We hope to see you there!

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