Highland Birth Support

Highland Birth Support Highland Birth Support provides homebirth midwifery, herbal consultation, and lactation services.

Really loving an open door this time of year 💕
04/24/2026

Really loving an open door this time of year 💕

04/21/2026

Welcome April Babies! Baby girl and baby boy decided to come one right after the other, despite being due more than 3 weeks apart.

Welcome Alder!! This boy’s mama worked H A R D to get him here, and I feel so privileged to have witnessed it 🙏 Watching...
04/21/2026

Welcome Alder!!

This boy’s mama worked H A R D to get him here, and I feel so privileged to have witnessed it 🙏
Watching strong women do their best work is one of the greatest gifts of midwifery! 💪

What a beautiful home birth, thank you so much to his parents for hiring me to guide you!

To the staff at who gave us a free plate of absolutely smothered delicious waffles after I drooled over them on the way...
04/19/2026

To the staff at who gave us a free plate of absolutely smothered delicious waffles after I drooled over them on the way in the other morning…

Thank You! You made our midwifery team so fu***ng happy after working all night to greet a new baby, born safely at home 💕

Do yourself a favor and get the banana waffles next time you go!

Sometimes, midwifery looks like this! Shoutout to my badass assistant .being for crawling under my car 😅
04/19/2026

Sometimes, midwifery looks like this!

Shoutout to my badass assistant .being for crawling under my car 😅

Monday April 13th from 8am - 8pm at Panera Bread (357 Patteson Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505): 20% of sales with the attac...
04/09/2026

Monday April 13th from 8am - 8pm at Panera Bread (357 Patteson Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505): 20% of sales with the attached flyer (shown electronically or printed) will benefit our PSI-WV Climb efforts!
Save this image and show it when you pay 🫶

Hands-On-Listening (Intermittent Auscultation)Another fetal monitoring option is intermittent auscultation, which we cal...
04/08/2026

Hands-On-Listening (Intermittent Auscultation)
Another fetal monitoring option is intermittent auscultation, which we callhands-on listening. With hands-on listening, the care provider listens to the fetal heart rate for short periods of time at regular intervals. They document the fetal heart rate, rhythm (regular or irregular), any fetal heart rate accelerations, and the depth, timing, and duration of any decelerations (Smith et al. 2016). While listening, the care provider also feels the mother’s contractions by placing a hand on the abdomen, and documents the frequency, duration, and intensity of the contractions.
Hands-on listening alone is used with about 11% of mothers giving birth in U.S. hospitals (Declercq et al. 2014), and is the primary method of checking fetal well-being at planned home births and freestanding birth centers. Most guidelines state that hands-on listening should be done for at least 60 seconds at a time, at least every 15-30 minutes during the active phase of the first stage of labor and at least 5-15 minutes during the pushing phase of the second stage of labor (ACNM 2015). The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada proposes that hands-on listening be done at first assessment and about every one hour during early labor (Liston et al. 2007). See the list of resources at the end of this article for links to several professional guidelines for hands-on listening protocols.
There are several different devices that can be used for hands-on listening during labor (Lewis et al. 2015); (Cascade 2018). The most popular option in the U.S. is probably the handheld fetal Doppler ultrasound device. The fetal Doppler detects the fetal heart motion and converts it to sound, which can be heard out loud. Dopplers can be audio-only or come with a digital display of the baby’s heartbeat. The features of the fetal Doppler include:
*Comfortable for the mother
*Everyone in the room can hear the fetal heart beat
*Can be used in many different laboring positions
*Can be used underwater
*Allows for more personal space
*Does not require wearing uncomfortable belts
*May calculate and display fetal heart rate values

Evidence Based Birth ©️2018

Back on the PSI webinar for two days of Paternal Mental Health training 🫶
04/08/2026

Back on the PSI webinar for two days of Paternal Mental Health training 🫶

04/08/2026

The amount of messages I received and comments I had to delete from this one. 😅

Got some new books for the library! Let me know during your appointment if you’d like to borrow one 😍
04/08/2026

Got some new books for the library! Let me know during your appointment if you’d like to borrow one 😍

Ever wish you could have surgery right in your living room? Now you can! We’re now offering home-vasectomies as part of ...
04/01/2026

Ever wish you could have surgery right in your living room? Now you can!

We’re now offering home-vasectomies as part of our services. ✂️
Already planning a home birth? 🤰 Sign up for both and get 30% off! Enjoy your Golden Hour while watching your partner get minor surgery to ensure this is your last baby! 🥰

*choose your kitchen or bathroom for surgery for easier clean up
*only lidocaine available for in-home procedures
*no pain management offered - if she can labor without meds you can deal with this
*this is an April Fool’s Day joke!

03/31/2026

In the last three years, I’ve had over 50 endometriosis lesions cut out of my body. A chocolate cyst that was adhering my o***y to my side was removed. An appendectomy and a hernia repair. I’ve felt indescribable, inescapable pain. Trying to keep my invisible illness to myself after being told by doctors it was just “part of being a woman.” I spent 10 years being undiagnosed. As a teenager and young woman, I felt weak and deeply insecure. I was trapped in my own body. March is endometriosis awareness month. As this month comes to a close, I urge everyone to remember this invisible disease each and every day. To lend support, compassion and grace towards the millions who suffer. It’s up to all of us to raise awareness, not just for endometriosis but for women’s health as a whole. No one deserves to suffer in silence. For more information I turned to and . If you’re in pain, my heart breaks for you. I believe you. Please find answers. And don’t give up on yourself. I know how hard that can be.

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PO Box 296
Beverly, WV
26253

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