Midwife Christine Litas

01/18/2026

Feeling refreshed from vacation and taking this time to reflect on all the lovely families and babies who came my way in 2025. After some tough years in my practice, last year's ease was welcomed and not taken for granted! All labors that started at home ended at home, and even the 3 mothers I transferred postpartum were all non-urgent transfers for perineal repairs out of my scope, so we were able to get these mamas back home and snuggled up with their babies in just a few hours. Not saying hard things didn't happen- losses and tough surprises still occurred, but it felt more manageable and proportional than years prior. Here's hoping 2026 resembles 2025 but, as always, ready for anything that comes my way. So grateful for all these amazing families who choose to share these big moments in their lives with me, and teach me so much along the way! 💓

Some memories from 2025:
-2 snowstorm babies ❄️
-4 families having their 3rd home birth with me 🥰
-1 cord-burning ceremony 🕯️
-3 tiny footprints of little ones gone too soon 👼🏻
-3 births on the same day 😅
-2 en caul births ✨
-the largest baby born in my practice so far, and his very swift and surprising arrival! 🏆

01/15/2026

My last baby of 2025 decided not to wait for me before making her arrival, despite testing her mother's patience in being her first baby to go past her due date. Thus little Lucy was welcomed into the competent and loving hands of her father, alongside two very excited brothers eager to greet her! 💓

After 7 babies born in less than a month, this midwife took a very much needed break for the rest of December and is looking forward to seeing what 2026 brings 🤩

11/25/2025

A beautiful bounty from a day of home visits! Feeling very loved and blessed by two homesteading sisters who sent me off with fresh eggs, homemade butter and yogurt, honey from their hives, and an amaryllis bulb. Earlier this month I received pastured pork sausage, homemade soaps, and homegrown kiwis from other families I serve. They sure know how to spoil me 🥰

Wishing everyone a peaceful and bountiful Thanksgiving 🦃🍂🍁🧺

10/24/2025

That special moment when siblings awaken early on a chilly October morning and learn of their new baby sister's arrival. Baby Hollis you are so loved and adored, and your three big brothers just cannot get enough of you! 🥹💗

10/07/2025

September brought with it three baby girls: Halley, Petunia, and Harvest. All three as precious as their names 🥰 Little Petunia was the only water baby of the month, and she arrived exactly 10 minutes after the autumn equinox! 🌎☀🍂🍁🐣

09/04/2025

August was a fun month with five new babies, including 🐣📚 baby bookends 📚🐣 on the 1st and the 31st, and three other arrivals in the middle of the month. Only one baby called me out of bed in the middle of the night, a rare luxury indeed! ☀️

Three babies were born in the water 🌊, two were born with their amniotic sac fully intact 🫧, one loved his hand so much he decided to come out with it near his head 👋, one was welcomed by her very excited siblings as soon as they heard her cry from the other room 🥹, all babies were born healthy and safely. Every mom was amazing, and each family a pleasure to serve 🥰

This particular cutie arrived with the most rolls 🥐 of the month, coming in at exactly 10lbs 💪🤩

08/05/2025

🌊✨EN CAUL BIRTH✨🌊

This little one came on her own terms and in her own time, quickly and still cocooned in the protective embrace of her amniotic sac. Things were moving so swiftly we didn't manage to get a photo, but such births are always memorable.

Some folk traditions believe those who are born "en caul" are born lucky, destined for greatness, protected, and even thought to be safeguarded from drowning. Many languages have idioms that describe a person who is always very lucky in reference to such a birth, like "born in a bonnet" in Polish, "born with a shirt" in Italian and Russian, and "born with a hat on" in French.

The more you know! 😘

06/21/2025

So very excited to have three new Licensed Midwives serving these less commonly-served areas of Alabama!

Congratulations to Rebekah Teel, Nicole Yingling and Heather Felder who received their licenses from the Alabama State Board of Midwifery last week. Rebekah is based near Lincoln, Nicole in Alexandria and Heather in Columbiana. Congratulations!!!

05/27/2025

That precious moment when big sister meets her baby brother for the first time.

Welcome little one, your sister is beyond excited that you are finally here! 🥰

05/06/2025

I couldn't think of a more perfect way to celebrate International Day of the Midwife 🥰

Welcome Sebastian! 🌊🐣👐🏼☀️💗

05/02/2025

This is a huge and historic win for birth centers, families, and midwives in Alabama!!! 🤩🥳🙌🏼

🎉 We WON! 🎉

We’re thrilled to share that Alabama Birth Center, alongside Oasis Family Birthing Center, Birth Sanctuary Gainesville, and ACLU of Alabama, has secured a landmark legal victory for birthing rights in Alabama!

The lawsuit was filed in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Montgomery by the ACLU, ACLU of Alabama, and Bobby Segall of Copeland Franco on behalf of: Oasis Family Birthing Center, Dr. Heather Skanes, Alabama Birth Center, Dr. Yashica Robinson, Jo Crawford, CPM, Tracie Stone, CPM, and The Alabama affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.

The judge issued a permanent judgment and injunction, stating:

"The Court hereby DECLARES ... that freestanding birth centers operating in the midwifery model of care are not 'hospitals' under section 22-21-20(1) of the Alabama Code and, therefore, ADPH has no authority to require these centers to obtain a hospital license or to regulate them as hospitals."

💥 If ADPH had been allowed to regulate birth centers, they would have imposed unnecessary and inappropriate restrictions that violate the rights of midwives, patients, and birth center operators.

This is a HUGE win for:
✔️ Birth freedom
✔️ Midwifery care
✔️ Families seeking safe, respectful options for birth

🌟 The future of birth in Alabama just got a whole lot brighter. 🌟

04/26/2025

Update on our bill SB87. Since it has been hijacked to make midwifery care more restrictive and cause more harm to our Alabama babies, at this point the best outcome is to kill the bill. Here's hoping it will be postponed indefinitely 🪦💐

Alabama midwives and home-birth advocates who pushed early in the session for a bill to allow them to administer state-required newborn screenings on Wednesday called a substitute version a “gut punch.”