Back Home Midwifery

03/16/2026

This month will be the fourth Saturday for Homegrown Playgroup at the office from 10 to 12. Hope to see you there!

03/12/2026

A day in the life doing postpartum visits. I am still learning how to do this….

03/10/2026

This is definitely a record for Back Home Midwifery. I have been to six births in the last six days! I am so blessed.

03/08/2026

Back Home Midwifery had four babies in the last four days! Two on Wednesday and two today. It’s actually been a very busy six weeks. Lots of birth stories to come soon. For now, I will be in my bed recovering and getting rested for the next one. I am so incredibly blessed to do this work. Thank you for all the families that welcome me into your birthing spaces.

02/17/2026

Sometimes the unexpected becomes the most empowering part of birth.

At every home visit at 36 weeks, I ask families, “Who wants to catch the baby?”
This dad? Absolutely not interested.

But birth has a way of writing its own story.

Mama’s water broke at 1:30am. Contractions picked up around 3:30am. Mild, short, manageable. By 6:30am they were over a minute long, but she was handling them beautifully. This was her first unmedicated labor, and she truly believed she was still in early labor. She reassured me again and again that I didn’t need to come yet.

My gut told me otherwise. I should’ve listened.

At 8:20am she was in tears, feeling the intensity build fast. I told her I was coming no matter what. I told her to get in the shower to see if she can get some relief that way. At 8:45am she called again. She was feeling pressure. Three minutes later, my phone rang: “The baby is coming.”

I was still about 15 minutes away.

This is why at the 36 week visit we talk about this exact scenario. If I can’t be there yet, put me on speaker near mom. I will coach you through it.

At 9:01am, she birthed her beautiful baby girl right into her husband’s hands. The same dad who said he didn’t want to catch the baby.

I walked in six minutes later to the most stunned, empowered, joy-filled mother holding her daughter.

Sometimes the plan changes.
Sometimes dads catch babies.
And sometimes the most unexpected moments become the most powerful ones.

02/12/2026

This month’s playgroup will be at the office since that seems to be everyone’s preference. Please join us on Saturday, February 21 from 10 to 12 with other families that support homebirth.

01/29/2026

01/26/2026

✨ The boys are officially winning ✨

This was the second birth I was blessed to attend for this beautiful family, and it was such a special one. Her first five babies were born in the hospital, and every single time her labor stalled and needed augmentation. That’s actually incredibly common for mammals. Moving a laboring body into a new environment can interrupt the natural flow of labor.

This time, she stayed home again. She trusted her body. And she avoided all of that.

This labor was a bit longer than she expected, and she kept saying it felt more difficult than last time. As it turns out, there was a very good reason. This was her biggest baby yet. 💪
✨ 10 lbs. 3 oz. ✨

Every ounce of this big, beautiful baby was born in the birth tub, right in her living room. There was some giggling and quiet talking as the kids stirred, and before long they all got to meet their brother very quickly after he was born. Last time the kids slept through the whole thing… not this time, and it made the moment even sweeter.

The final tally?
💙 Four boys
💗 Three girls

A powerful homebirth, a big baby, and a mama who did it all with such strength. An absolute honor to witness.

01/23/2026

Baby it’s cold outside!!!! Let’s do playgroup next week instead of this week!

01/20/2026

Finally, after four babies, this family welcomed their boy 💙

Their girls are absolutely incredible, and this little guy was deeply loved long before he arrived. After weeks of hanging low in Mama’s pelvis and teasing an early arrival, he chose a short, daytime labor instead.

This was Mama’s first homebirth, and it was powerful to watch her discover how she wanted to labor, not how she was told to. She leaned into her breath, trusted her instincts, moved freely, and gently guided her baby earthside.

This boy has entered a world where he will be fiercely loved and well protected, surrounded by strong, compassionate sisters who already adore him. ✨

01/16/2026

The arrest of midwives in a rural healthcare desert ignites an unexpected rebellion.

In the heart of a rural Amish and Mennonite enclave, a dramatic chain of events unfolds as several trusted midwives are arrested— one after the other. These shocking arrests leave their community stranded in a healthcare desert, and reignite a centuries-old-battle between time-honored tradition and industrialized medicine.

Back Home Midwifery is sponsoring the showing of this impactful film. Please come if you are able.

11/26/2025

We have 20 turkeys available for families in need this holiday season.

Pickup is tomorrow, Wednesday 11/26.
To reserve one and get all the details, please text 518-250-9719.

Huge thank-you to Kyle Lyle’s Exit 21 CYO Program in Catskill, NY for this incredibly generous donation — your support makes a real difference. ❤️🦃✨


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