Heritage Birth Services

Heritage Birth Services Offering traditional, family-centered midwifery care for couples in Central Mississippi.

03/30/2026

I’m so excited to officially open enrollment for Empowered Birth: Comprehensive Childbirth Education!

Inside this 8-week, in-person class, we will cover:
• How labor actually works (physiologically and practically)
• How to make informed decisions with confidence
• Induction, augmentation, and common interventions
• Comfort measures you and your partner can practice
• Ways to reduce the risk of unnecessary cesarean
• Teamwork between you, your provider, and your support person
• Postpartum recovery and an introduction to breastfeeding
• How to create a birth plan that reflects your values

This is not a one-night overview.
It’s a comprehensive, discussion-based class designed to help you feel calm, capable, and empowered walking into your birth.

We’ll meet Monday evenings, April 6-May 25 in the Jackson metro area.

✨ Founding class rate: $247 per couple
✨ Enrollment closes March 24
✨ Limited spots available

If you’re expecting this spring or summer and want to feel prepared instead of overwhelmed, I would love to have you there.

Visit the link in my bio for full details.

03/22/2026

Ministry doesn’t always look like a stage, a microphone, or a spotlight.

Sometimes it looks like late nights, tired eyes, and tiny hands reaching for you.

Changing diapers, wiping tears, whispering prayers over your child—this is holy work too.

Don’t underestimate the quiet calling.
God sees the hands that nurture, the hearts that pour out, and the lives being shaped in secret.

You’re not “just” taking care of children.
You’re raising souls. 🙏🏻🤍

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03/18/2026

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Were you the 1/3 who got FULL INFORMED CONSENT about inductions? Or the 2/3 who didn't?

A large national survey of 1,091 women reported that:
Two‑thirds of women were not told the risks of induction.
Nearly half said they were not fully involved in the decision.
Many said they felt uninformed or pressured.

About 2 out of 3 women are not told the risks of induction, according to a major national study. This is a clear breakdown in informed consent and shared decision‑making.

03/17/2026

What is the risk of uterine rupture during a labor after two cesareans?

So often, we hear the risk is 0.9 - 1.8%. But that doesn’t tell the whole picture.

The truth is, those numbers are based on studies in which 49 - 65% of labors were induced or augmented.

As we know, induction and augmentation has been associated with increased uterine rupture rates.

So it’s quite likely that the risk of uterine rupture during a non-induced or augmented labor after two cesareans may be significantly lower.

This is why it’s so important to understand what the research says.

Sometimes vital pieces of information are lost as statistics are simplified and shared.

What have you heard about VBA2C?

We summarize the available evidence on VBA2C here: https://vbacfacts.com/vba2c

If you are a perinatal professional who wants to provide the best VBAC information and support, we offer a continuing education training on VBA2C (approved for 2.4 contact hours) so you can easily integrate the evidence into your practice as well a VBA2C handout for birthing families so you can quickly communicate the facts to your clients.

These are just two of the benefits of joining VBAC Facts® professional membership.

Register today: https://vbacfacts.com/membership

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03/16/2026

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Both experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated that room air is as efficient as 100% oxygen for newborn resuscitation and improves short-term recovery. The recent meta-analysis by Davis and colleagues in the Lancet includes five studies ...

03/13/2026

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About Melinda

I am a Direct-Entry Midwife. I have also worked as a DONA Birth Doula and a certified Chiropractic Assistant. I have been involved in midwifery since early 1999 when I was certified as a Birth Doula through DONA, Int. and attended my first birth as a student midwife. The following year, I enrolled in the Midwifery Training Institute of American – a long distance learning course based out of Dallas, TX. During this time I learned hands-on midwifery skills under several different midwives during short-term apprenticeships. I completed three years with MTI, and then transferred to the Midwife to Be Program in South Carolina. I graduated from the Midwife to Be course in the summer of 2005 and began attending births as a primary midwife.

In 2009, I furthered my education by pursuing certification in Birth Emergency Skills Training. This intensive training is specifically geared for out-of-hospital midwives. I also maintain current certification in neonatal resuscitation and participate in local and regional continuing education opportunities.

I am a traditional midwife, not a certified nurse-midwife. I have attended over 200 births as a primary care provider and am planning on taking the NARM exam in the spring of 2019.