Family Tree Midwifery Care

02/05/2026

A more recent myth that’s been circulating is the idea that you need to wean from breastfeeding once your baby gets teeth. This belief may stem from fears of biting or discomfort as teeth begin to erupt. Rest assured, breastfeeding can continue comfortably long after teeth appear. If you’re experiencing discomfort with latching or have concerns about being bitten, please reach out for support.

[Image Description] Info graphic sharing information on how nursing can continue even after teeth have erupted. Description continued in comments.

08/30/2025

👑

You had your chance to raise your child
You made your decisions
You set your routines
You chose what discipline looked like
What meals were cooked
What boundaries were honored
And what wasn’t

This is my turn now

I am not raising them to spite you
I’m not parenting this way because I think you failed
I’m parenting this way because I’m a different person
In a different time
With different values
And a different child

I’m not asking for permission
I’m not asking for approval
I’m asking for space
Space to grow into the kind of mother I want to be
Without being corrected at every step

If I ask for advice
Offer it
If I don’t
Trust that I’ve got this
Even if I do it differently

What I need is support
Not control
Respect
Not guilt
Love
Not constant comparison

This is my time
And I won’t spend it explaining every decision
Just so someone else can feel comfortable

I’m the mother now
And I’m doing what I know is right
For my child
For my home
For me

07/25/2025

🌿 The Midwife’s Almanac
🌑 New Moon in Cancer – Exact at 12:11 PM PT - Visibility: 0.3%
🌾 8 Days to Lammas (August 1)

This is what birth work looks like.

A baby still foggy from the veil.
A tiny mousy stethoscope pressed to the chest.

A midwife’s hand ~steady, listening, bearing witness.

No announcements. No noise.
Just life. Just breath. Just here.

🌑 New Moon Medicine
The moon has gone dark. And with her, the invitation to begin again. But to begin from stillness.

Today is not for pushing.
It’s for dreaming. Listening. Planting the roots of what you actually want to grow.

Let the house be quiet.
Let the work slow down.
Let the next version of you arrive without rushing.

🕯️ For the Birth workers. My friends:

You hold others through their becoming, but who holds you?

We’ve added something new to the Family Tree Midwifery homepage...
✨ On-call childcare created just for birth workers. Overnight, last-minute, and fully heart-led.

📍Visit the bottom of our homepage to meet Maria and learn more:
👉 www.familytreemidwifery.com

07/11/2025

A little Midwife Almanac for you...
The Day After the Full Buck Moon
99% Illumination | Moon in Capricorn

The moon is still full in the sky this morning — low, slow, and unwavering.
She hasn’t left yet.
She lingers.

That’s how healing works too.
Not in a flash. Not in one ritual.
But in the long return.

Today is for noticing what’s still tender.
Noticing what’s growing back like the buck's antlers — soft, velvet-covered, maybe even sore. The part of you that kept going when you thought you were done...

Maybe it’s the fact that you’re still showing up for your kids when your own cup is bone-dry. Maybe it’s that you made breakfast while grieving. Maybe it’s that you found a moment to breathe — even if the floor is still covered in yesterday. (mine is!)

Maybe you found a way to stock the fridge with groceries after attending 4 births in a 10 day birth storm.

The Buck Moon reminds us:
You don’t need to be shiny to be growing.

You don’t need to be perfect to be powerful.

Just be here.
I'm here.
You're here.
Still here.
Let that be enough today.

07/07/2025

The Mothers Almanac: 🌘 In true waning moon scattered Midwife fashion, I gave yesterday’s lunar reading a little more glow than it had left. lol😊

Truth is she’s nearly gone now — quiet, dark, and ready to begin again.

Which completely explains the long-overdue mother finally in early labor this morning in our practice. Come out little baby, we are all so ready for you!

Ah how this work humbles me daily. The moon teaches, and the mothers remind: instinct always knows.

The Moon is a whisper today.
🌘 Waning and just three days from a new moon - The Buck Moon - she calls us inward — not to do more, but to make space.

Right now doesn't demand perfection. (Thankfully!) She creates sacred order from what’s already here.

She helps us prepare the ground, just in time for the New Moon’s first seeds.

We’re 25 days from Lughnasadh, the First Harvest — still a time of ripening, gathering, and giving thanks. And right now, that harvest begins in our homes, hearts, and rhythms.

This is the week to compost what’s stale. Make space for fresh.

This is the day to sweep the corners. Make space for life.

This is the moment to return to your center. Make space for you.

Give yourself the grace you give others. Take up space.

Let Monday be soft and structured — a whispered welcome to the next season of becoming.

🌿Midwife Randi

07/07/2025

Trying something new...

I’m starting a rhythm I’ve been dreaming of for a while now, a combination of so many books I cherish and natures own messages. I am starting...little love notes called The Mother’s Almanac.

They’re rooted in the lunar cycle, the Wheel of the Year, and the slow, sacred work of mothering — the kind that happens in kitchens and hearts and quiet moments after bedtime.

I really don’t know if I’ll post one every day. Or even every week.

But I’m showing up tonight. And maybe that’s enough.

🌙 The Mother’s Almanac🌙
July 6th

The week begins not with a bang, but with a breath.

Tonight, under a waxing gibbous moon, glowing at 85%... we step into the week of tending. Not rushing. Not perfecting. Thankful for just slowly turning the soil, gently checking on what’s already been planted.

The Buck Moon is coming — full on July 9–10. You'd think babies come on the full moon, and they do, but they prefer the darker moons. Full moon illuminate and you may already feel its pull, brightening your inner sky, stirring your intuition, calling you to check in.

And just ahead, the first harvest awaits: Lughnasadh arrives August 1.
Twenty-six days from now, we cross another threshold — celebrating effort, ripening, and the quiet gold of summer’s work.

So tonight my friends, I bring a message from the overdue babies in Midwifery land...
We invite you to slow down with us.
Savor this moment in and of itself. Light a candle. Put something warm in your belly.

Tend just one corner of your world.
It’s enough. For tonight, it's enough.

What’s asking to be tended right now in your world?

07/02/2025

And just like that, the ripening of summer rolled us into July 1st and brought forth this little miss! We were so excited to see such a full family: love, congratulations, and helping hands - toddler wrangling, dog sitting, cleaning, folding, sorting, and all while carrying so much love and happiness. A not so often seen glimpse of a beautifully aligned family village. Not once did they ask to hold, to see, to break the sacredness of holding space in half of a home - and in return mama bear called them all in to witness the siblings first meet and greet (it went well-only kisses so far 😆) and baby's first physical 🥰 sweet sweet magic. 🩷👏👏

05/21/2025

Shes almost out of school for summer and booking now! Any friends wanting a teenager for babysitting... Give her a call! I'm probably biased, but you won't find better! 😎

04/10/2025

When a new bestie is on the way ...and you might just be figuring it out, and falling in love...🥰

04/01/2025

A well earned gift for a strong mama - the hands of her beloved cradling the newest member of their family, the fruit of her labors, a son.

Welcome Samson, you are already a blessing of peacefulness - of complete unbotheredness really - and it was exactly what this family needed!