Moonstone Midwifery

10/17/2024

Seeking Photos! Did you have a birth, pregnancy, or postpartum with Lori Steinmann? Did you happen to catch any photos of it? We would love to feature your picture in our social media! Please send us a message along with any information about who took the picture so we can make sure they are properly credited! Thanks Moonstone Maidens!

10/14/2024

We are not afraid to get in there and dig deep with you while you are riding those waves. You are not alone and we are happy to stand right by you. Looking for a Midwife who is happy to be hands on? Lori is happiest when she is simply being present with you.

Photo Credit: Oak + Ivory

10/11/2024

Are you interested in a home birth? Do you want to make sure that your attendant is safe, well experienced, and follows evidence-based recommendations? Lori was a Labor and Delivery Nurse for 14 years, and also worked in the NICU, and has held her Certified Nurse Midwife for 24 years, and her Family Nurse Practitioner for 26 years. She has worked in every hospital in the Des Moines Metro and has wonderful working relationships with them.

If you're interested in a consultation, please contact us by calling 515-243-2888 or sending an email to sabbath@moonstonehomebirth.com.

We look forward to chatting with you!

03/29/2024

Do I know any amazing phlebotomist that are looking for a full-time Clinic position? Labcorp is going to be hiring a new phlebotomist for Steinmann Family Health Clinic and we would love to have someone that we recommend that fits in with the culture here! 

02/22/2024

Looking for a receptionist with Medical experience. Thanks!

Steinmann Family Health Clinic

12/02/2023

What sets us apart? Our extensive proven clinical experience.

At Moonstone Midwifery, we all come with considerable clinical experience.....and the humility to know when not to use it. Lori offers a 30+ year background in working with Midwifery, NICU, Labor and Delivery, and other areas of women's and neonatal health. She is time tested. This experience has allowed Lori to recognize problems early AND to recognize when 'problems' aren't really problems at all. This extensive skill set means that many things can be safely handled in the home setting.

She also employs only Registered Nurses with proven clinical experience in both the home AND hospital settings. That means we have been in attendance at thousands of deliveries, with years of training, and a strong understanding of normal, next steps, and time tested ways to quickly resolve issues as they arise.

For a free consultation with Lori and her Nurse - please call Steinmann Family Health Clinic to schedule at 515-243-2888.

10/11/2023

That MOMENT! We were so blessed to hold space for this amazing family recently. And she was AWESOME!!

Photo posted with permission
Photo courtesy of Oak + Ivory

09/28/2023

One of the things we've noticed is that there are a lot of misconceptions about home birth:

- why people choose it
- what the care you receive is like and how it compares to hospital based care
- who should and should not have a home birth
- and so many more assumptions, questions and myths!

So - we want to offer you the opportunity to ask any question you have! What questions do YOU have about home birth? No question is silly, wrong, weird, or stupid. ASK. And we will answer it!

09/27/2023

Y'all. So much stuff.

IV's and medication and blood pressure cuffs, and dopplers, and sterile equipment, and oxygen, and ambu bags, and......SO MUCH STUFF.

Without providing a full top to bottom list - know this. It is literally the same exact equipment that we use in the hospital (and we'd know, with our vast experience in that setting too).

Just about the only things we don't have - an operating room, and an epidural. And if you need one of those? It's a short car or ambulance ride away. We've got you covered. Because the most important thing we bring is the skills and experience to know how to USE all of the stuff we bring with us.

09/25/2023

On the contrary, dear friends.

Let us be 200% honest, and abundantly clear: WE LOVE THE HOSPITAL.

We love the safety net that it provides. We love that it is there if things do not or cannot go as planned. We love that we have a backup plan to keep our families safe.

We love that we have so much experience in it, and can recognize all of the ways in which they are trying to keep people safe. We love that they can perform that c-section, or give that epidural. We love that we can maintain good relationships with them, and ask them to tag in when things go beyond what the home setting can offer.

We love the they will work with on us on respecting our patients wishes, because we have respect for the fact that we are working together for the best possible outcome.

Choosing home birth isn't about staying away from the big bad hospital. It's about recognizing that when everything is low risk, the most comfortable place to bring your new baby into the world CAN be your home. It CAN be the place where love resides. You CAN choose that for yourself and your baby if you are low risk, and some people want that.

We are focused on what you do what want. And that is bringing your baby into a place surrounded by love. That can be at home, and that can be at the hospital. Which do you choose?

09/22/2023

Another one of the many decisions you'll need to make as a new parent is whether or not to have the Newborn Screenings done after birth. This extremely low intervention assessments are to screen for conditions or syndromes that are best identified early, and were developed to catch the most common newborn issues quickly and easily. They include:

📌 The Heel Poke (Or Newborn Metabolic Screening)
📌 Critical Congenital Heart Defects Screening (or CCHD)
📌 Hearing Screen

2 of the 3 can be performed at your 24 hour postpartum visit, right in your home, and while you are holding or breastfeeding your baby! The Hearing Screen is something that we will refer you to Heartland AEA for. Some things to know about the Newborn Screenings:

👉 While these are highly recommended, they are all optional, as with all things.
👉 The Heel Poke is a SCREENING tool. That means that you may see a positive on this test, which means you would then go on to TEST for that disease. It does not automatically mean your baby is sick!
👉 The CCHD is a simple pulse oximetry reading and does a great job of screening for the most common congenital cardiac concern that you would not see on an ultrasound.
👉 The hearing screen is more important than you think! 98% of babies diagnosed with hearing loss do not have a family member that has hearing loss. And early intervention is very important to speech development, and interventions overall!

We are always happy to answer questions on Newborn Screenings! Do you have any questions on Newborn Screenings?

09/20/2023

Baby wearing for the WIN! Parents - who else carried your baby in carrier? It ain't just for parents!