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

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!

01/09/2026

Important dates to know for those with (approximate) conception dates from January through early March.

If you are due during the below listed dates of October 15 through November 30, you can still feel free to reach out to me for information! I would be happy to give you names of other Midwives who serve your area, if you’re not already familiar with them.

I know this can be tough news for some, especially because there are a few parts of my service area that no other midwives serve. I hope you can understand the need for my time off with my family though, to help protect me from burnout. And also so I can spring back into it all again, rejuvenated and ready to support all of you amazing families with as much heart, compassion, patience, and detailed care as I always strive for!

This scheduled time off is for several important reasons:
•Much needed family time—while Off Call! Rest and reset with my family! (The largest and most important portion of this time off).
•Midwifery Teaching to my Birth Assistants, to keep our Emergency Skills honed and sharp, for the safety of all our clients families.
•Midwifery Teaching to the Amish Midwife Communities.
•Birth Education Class to expecting parents.
•Last, but not least—pretty excited about it, actually—Attending a Midwifery Breech/Twins Training Conference for my, ever learning, continued education.

Thank you all for your support and understanding! ❤️ Please share this information with anyone who may need it. (If only I kept a list of all the names of those who say they’ll be calling me for their future pregnancy, but alas, I do not.) 😆

01/07/2026

The first 2026 babies of the Midwife Mykl Midwifery Practice seemed to all be competing for 1st place!

The 1st baby of the year arrived on the 6th, not long after midnight! A first time family with us, and such a beautiful birth. Birth Assistant Christina attend this one with me.

The 2nd baby of the year also arrived on the 6th, in the early evening! This was a planned hospital birth, and Alivia and I would be their Doulas. As it turned out, Alivia and I were 1/3 of the way towards them when I got called to another Homebirth. So Alivia continued on to support this repeat family who we love so much! And I headed to the other labor.

The 3rd baby of the year was also born that same night, on the 6th! Just a bit after 10pm. Birth Assistant Susan met me there for this birth! This repeat family already knew Susan from their last birth with me, and it was special that we were able to work it out to have the same Assistant for this birth too!

Whew! And now after this this unusual cluster of births, it’s very possible that I won’t have another birth for several weeks! That’ll feel strange 😆

01/03/2026

2025 Year End fun details.

❤️💙 49 babies
💙 32 boys
❤️ 17 girls
🥇 11 First-time mamas
🥇 18 First-time Homebirthers
🛀 15 Water born babies
🛀 26 Mamas utilized water for labor
🙋‍♀️ Many Mom-caught babies
🙋‍♂️ A few Dad-caught babies
🙋🏻‍♀️ 1 Birth Assistant Susan-caught baby
🙋🏻‍♀️ 1 Birth Assistant Christina-caught baby
⭐️ 4 Homebirth VBAC
🌟— 1 Primary VBAC
🌟— 3 Secondary VBAC
👣 2 Breech home born babies
👶 Shortest 2025 home born gestation 38w 5d
👶 Longest 2025 home born gestation 42w 3d
👶 Smallest 2025 full term home born baby 5 # 10oz
👶 Largest 2025 full term home born baby 10 # 8oz
👶 Largest home birth infant head size (because we all know this mama deserves her own spot on the details page!) 15-1/4” circumference
🏨 1 pre-planned hospital delivery (Doula role birth)
🏨 6 transfers of care, pre-labor and during labor
🏠 42 Home born babies
🏠 0 mothers and 0 babies transported for postpartum complications
👨‍🌾 11 Amish families
🤷🏼‍♂️ 38 “English” families
🆕 23 New clients
🔁 26 Repeat clients
👵 3 Doula Supported births
👵🏻 18 Family/Friend Supported births
🚙 (TBD) Midwifery miles driven (early estimate of 50k+)

It’s been a beautiful year of beautiful births! It’s also had a few more transfers of care during pregnancy than was typical of previous years, and that was tough. But it sure is great to see all these mamas and babies thriving!

There’s also been several other births and early postpartum periods that I’ve been involved in in some way that are not reflected in the above numbers. 6 Midwives (3 of whom were Amish Midwives) have called various times to consult during unique labor, early postpartum, and/or debrief situations. Most of them very rural birth situations. 1 of those was a breech birth during pushing stage, we switched to video chat, and were able to work together quickly to change things up and continue a beautiful safe breech delivery. It’s been a blessing to be able to help other midwives, and I so appreciate these same midwives for the help and kindness they’ve shown to me as well. Having a Midwife friendship community to call during need is such an incredible blessing. 😍❤️

Thank you to all the Mamas/Babies/Families who trusted me and my team with their care in 2025. It’s truly an honor! We look forward to walking with all the families through all their unique birth stories of 2026! 😍❤️

12/28/2025

It was so great meeting Midwife Eudine and her husband Dennis! Eudine had a few rare days off-call, and they came to my office for a visit so we could finally meet in person. We had such a great visit!

This post is a few weeks late, as we met nearly 3 weeks ago. But it was God’s perfect timing that we met when we did, and He orchestrated it so well to fit into the one day I had between a birth and then 5 days of Lactation Certification classes.

So glad to spend time with a like-minded midwife, and can’t wait for the next chance to have a visit!

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