Devotion Midwifery

11/15/2025

11/13/2025

We are BACK! After a beautiful maternity leave (barely) Anne is back hosting our beautiful motherhood support circles at Spyre.

These gatherings are designed to bring together a community that is often hidden behind the face of a strong mother doing it all.

Anyone pregnant or postpartum, no matter where or how you birth is welcome.

Comment “Mama Medicine” for a link to register for our next circle this SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23rd at 1:30 inside our beautiful

https://Devotionmidwifery.as.me/Mamamedicine

11/07/2025

I cannot express the tragedy that is continuous fetal monitoring … it’s about as terrible as state laws that bar good shared decision making for families and their midwives.

Decades of research have shown that round-the-clock fetal monitoring does not reliably predict fetal distress, and experts say it leads to many unnecessary surgeries. But it’s still used in nearly every birth in the U.S. because of business and legal concerns, a New York Times investigation found. https://nyti.ms/3WF7yLx

11/06/2025

Choice is literally the foundation of Devotion. But to truly support choice, your midwife must be trained, skilled, trusting, and I think absolutely effing WILD.

Welcome our Mama Medicine baby 🫶🏻
(Birth in Mississippi ✨)

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11/03/2025

Devotion Midwifery is hiring for a very part time administrative role! Midwives are great midwives and usually terrible business owners, so in an effort to continue to offer excellent midwifery care, we need some help with the back office tasks.

Role:
🕘5-10 hours per week
💻Work from home except for 1 team meeting per 6weeks
💵 $22.00 per hour to start with opportunity for raises after training and time
📧Job details include client communication about non medical related tasks, scheduling, faxes, document processing, midwife reminders… etc.

Must:
🫶🏻Love the midwifery model of care, be passionate about creating more access to Louisiana folks, and look forward to working daily with the Devotion team!
🐊Live in New Orleans or the Northshore
🤗Be available either 1-2 hours daily or 2-5 hours twice a week for consistency
🖥️ Laptop/computer, WiFi, cell phone/service

Qualities preferred:
•Previous midwifery care experience
•Previous secretary or admin/office experience
•Excellent time management skills
•Experience with word/adobe/canva/E-fax

If you’re interested in joining the team or want to learn more, please email midwife Leila at midwife@devotionmidwifery.com with your cover letter and resume.

-With Devotion
Midwife Leila

10/20/2025

2025 has brought one challenge after another—an unexpected di… Karelle VonHefley needs your support for Help Karelle Recover After a Life-Threatening Medical Crisis

10/15/2025

About every 6 weeks the whole Devotion Midwifery team gets together for chart review, birth debrief, growth conversations, and skills drills.

Today we had a lot of firsts!

•Student Midwife Emma got her first IV while running a hemorrhage scenario 🙌🏼
•This was Midwife Laura’s first meeting
• We got to sing happy birthday to me and I actually cried (a rarity btw).

I am so honored to be surrounded by these amazing and talented folks and can’t wait to see them all grow into their midwifery practices through Devotion over the years.

Keep a follow on them all and if you’re interested in being part of their journey, message us to learn about how!

🧡Midwife Leila

10/11/2025

Featuring Devotion Midwifery for National Midwifery Week!

Devotion Midwifery offers home birth options for families on the Northshore, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Mississippi. As a pair of midwives and a team of students we are out to improve access to midwifery care!

Midwife Leila and Midwife Laura are both born and raised in Louisiana and are excited to be back caring for families.

Traditional Midwifery & Modern tools
High Attention & Low Intervention

https://devotionmidwifery.com

10/08/2025

Technically there’s no scientific evidence that more babies are born on full moons, but Devotion Midwifery has had a full moon baby every month this year!

Welcome little one 🌕

10/07/2025

Devotion Midwifery believes in making more midwives for our community to have choices in care and ensuring we have midwifery care for our daughters and granddaughters.

There are 3 different levels of student midwives; observe, assist, and primary under supervision.

Students in the observe phase are very new to birth or home birth and are there to clean, set up and breakdown, and “watch” the midwife and birth process.

The assist phase of the journey is a bit more hands on. These students are learning to take vitals, chart, use equipment and tools, and the art of midwifery. They will NOT “catch” your baby, repair a tear, assume management of complications, or ever be left alone at your birth. They are primarily there to literally assist the midwife.

The primary under supervision role is very unique. This student is at the very end of their training and is competent in care. They are under supervision and guidance of Midwife Leila at all times but will be acting as the primary midwife. This means “running” penatal visits, completing necessary or desired exams, managing complications, completing all paperwork, and embodying your midwife. They are a midwife already, and are practicing with the supervision of Midwife Leila for their growth, skill development, fine tuning, and your safety. Usually, these students are sought after for their care individually and are not Leila’s clients “given” to a student. If you are interested in having a primary under supervision student for your lead midwife and Midwife Leila as the supervising midwife, you will sign a special form and have unique discussions regarding the flow of care.

Devotion Midwifery will usually have 1-2 students at a birth. This allows for a well rested team, shared burden of cleaning and equipment care while still keeping your birth team small and intimate. If you prefer NO STUDENTS, this is understandable and will be discussed throughout our care together.

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10/06/2025

Okay Fall Mamas! We are ready for you 👌

Who wants a “what a midwife brings to births” video?

Comment ‘Birth Bag’ if you wanna know!

10/05/2025

A midwife hands and doula heart… Devotion Midwifery will always be by your side.

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