Wonders of Nature Midwifery

12/31/2025

As we close out this year, I’m feeling incredibly grateful and reflective. 2025 was a full and beautiful year!

✨ 36 Wonders families served
✨ 33 vaginal births and 3 belly births
✨ 10 repeat families
✨ 2 VBACs, including one unforgettable outdoor VBAC!
✨ 1 breech baby
✨ 3 shoulder dystocias
✨ 2 en caul births
✨ 1 precipitous birth where baby arrived before the midwives could
✨ 6 first babies welcomed
✨ 15 girls and 21 boys
✨ 300+ prenatal and postpartum visits
✨ 6 births attended as an assistant midwife, totaling 42 births supported this year!

This year also brought meaningful growth beyond birth, including a move into our new office space, which feels like such an exciting next chapter for this practice and the families we serve.

As we move into the new year Student Midwife Anneliese is finishing up her primary births and will be testing for her NARM certification before summer! 👏🏻 Thank you to those of you who welcomed her into your space this year! Because of you the future of midwifery is brighter!

To every family who invited me into one of the most sacred seasons of their lives, thank you. Serving this community is a privilege I don’t take lightly, and I’m deeply grateful for the trust placed in my hands and heart. I’m so looking forward to the year ahead and all that it will bring for Wonders of Nature Midwifery and our community 🤍

12/30/2025

It’s starting to feel cozy in our new Wonders home! Are we still digging through boxes and scrambling to find things? Absolutely. But our hearts are so full as we settle into this space here in Fulton.

Here’s a little sneak peek of our work-in-progress waiting area~unfinished, but already so loved. We’re so enjoying seeing families in this new space and thank you all for your patience during this time of transition. 🤍

12/24/2025

All of the December babies arrived before Christmas and are settling in with their families during a season already full of warmth, togetherness, and love. It’s truly the best time of year to hunker down with a sweet new babe. Welcome little ones! We’re so glad you’ve come!

Happy Holidays to everyone near and far! 🌟

12/17/2025

New doors opening with intention, community, and a whole lot of heart. 🔑✨

We’ve crossed the river and are now welcoming families into our space in Fulton!

I’m so excited to be able to serve families right here in the community that I call home. 🤍 Our heads are buzzing with grand plans and big ideas for our new Wonders home.. stay tuned!✨✨

12/06/2025

It’s time to announce these sweet November babies!

Two babies born, each into families overflowing with love. And we remain humbled, every time, by the privilege of witnessing how uniquely each new life enters the world, and how perfectly they fit into the arms waiting for them. 🤍

11/30/2025

We got our first ever dad review! Gosh, we just love this family! 🥰

11/03/2025

What an exciting month October was! Births, babies, postpartums, oh my! Each family with their own special story, that we were just lucky enough to be a part of. Welcome to all of these sweet October babies! We’re so glad you’ve come. 🤍

Special shout out and many thanks to CGH Birthing Center for the excellent and compassionate care given when homebirth plans shifted.

10/21/2025

After the birth, when things have settled and everyone’s cozy, we take time for the newborn exam. The newborn exam is a gentle head-to-toe check to be sure baby is healthy and thriving. We check their heart, lungs, reflexes, hips, and so much more. We always perform the newborn exam at the family’s side, so that they can be participants and love on their babe during the exam. I just love this part- it’s one of my favorite things about the immediate postpartum period. As the midwife it’s my opportunity to connect with the little one whose heartbeat I’ve heard for months, and whose tiny little limbs stretched under my hands during palpation. 🤍 But my very favorite part of all is handing that sweet babe back to their family and tucking them in to fall in love all over again. 🤍🤍

**Photo shared with permission**

10/18/2025

Big news for Illinois homebirth families! 🥳

Learn how the Illinois Birth Equity Act (HB 5142), effective January 1, 2026, expands insurance coverage for midwives and how superbills help out-of-network home birth midwives ensure families get reimbursed.

10/09/2025

These two little ones made their debuts towards the end of September and we couldn’t have been more excited to get that first labor call. Welcome sweet September babies! We’re so glad you’re here! 🤍

09/08/2025

A couple of these babies have older siblings whose first moments I was there to witness as well. Getting to walk with families as they grow is the sweetest blessing. 🤍

08/29/2025