Peninsula Midwives

03/22/2026

Darling Tilly was the first Peninsula Midwives baby of 2026. Born mid-Jan, she weighed 7 and came out like a freight train! Her amazing Mermaid Mama had her first home waterbirth on her terms, so very different from her first!Empowered birth certainly doesn't necessarily equal easy birth and neither does a fast birth and her mama showed herself and us how amazingly strong and fluid she is. Coping looks like so many different things and I'll never stop being amazed watching women and other birth folks find their intuitive way while deep in the fire walk. It is most often not "graceful" or "pretty" and in that raw, and powerful work, there is an immense amount of intuition and beauty. Welcome Tilly and well done Brittany, you are truly amazing!

03/22/2026

So important! Bad research is such a drag!

03/06/2026

Not my favorite day. Jade broke her left elbow (she's a lefty) at school today. Splint up to her armpit for 6-8wks!! Aaaaaahh!!! This is going to be roooooouuugh!

02/28/2026

Love you Jefferson Healthcare! Appreciate you so much for all you have been, all you are, and all you strive to be! So many wonderful nurses and docs up there that care deeply about not only safety, but also the value and importance of clear informed consent, autonomy and the experience of the birthing person. I appreciate knowing that when we need to transfer our clients willbe greeted with kindness, respect and quality care. When challenges come up, thanks to the Smooth Transitions program, we have a wonderful framework for working through them. Proud to call this group of humans my colleagues and many of them also my friends!

🎉 Come celebrate with us! 🎉

Our Family Birth Center has been recognized as one of the nation's best hospitals for Obstetrics by the Women’s Choice Award — and we want to celebrate with this award with you!

Please join us on March 4 for light refreshments, dessert, and complimentary family portraits with Sarah Wright Photography.

👉Women’s Choice Award Celebration
DATE: March 4, 2026
TIME: 5:30–6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Garden Row Café at Jefferson Healthcare Medical Center

👉Whether you welcomed a baby with us, support birthing families, or just love good community news, we’d love to see you there. Come celebrate safe, compassionate care and the families who inspire it every day.

💡 Visit our website to get all the deatils! https://jeffersonhealthcare.org/news/celebrate-jefferson-healthcares-recognition-for-obstetrics/

02/27/2026

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02/23/2026

Birth tea vibes from this week while quietly waiting on a sweet new baby.

02/23/2026

Welcome darling Layla! Born 4 weeks early, just before Christmas, across the water where they had all the resources that may be needed. Sometimes, in pregnancy, we find out that the plans we've been making aren't in the cards and the only actual option is something so very different from that. Layla's story to arriving here is one of those stories. A story of excitement and hope, disappointment, then acceptance, big fear and some peace, then more acceptance, then worry and waiting and fear and waiting and acceptance and a beautiful baby, born early, as planned and needed. We just don't get to choose what lessons our pregnancy and birth journey have in store for us! It's always incredible to witness someone walk it, learn from it, grieve in it and keep walking. Layla's mama is a beloved repeat client and it was such an honor to walk alongside her again in the winding journey of life!

02/18/2026

This roller coaster of a pregnancy asked for so much flexibility and rolling with the punches! Patrick's parents were surprised to welcome tiny and mighty Patrick, 4 weeks early, and they simply couldn't be more in love with this cutie! He weighed 4 but grew so quickly!! Since he came too early for home, and I was off-call and out of town, it was so hard not to meet him until he was over a week old! But they were in great hands at St Michael's.

02/13/2026

There is strength in patience, trust and surrender.

Welcome Aidan Clementine born in early December, weighing 7 #3.5oz. Such a joy and honor to walk with this sweet family on their journey to parenthood! The word that comes up for me most as I reflect on her birth is devotion, sweet and deep devotion to each other and this wild journey that is birth and life. Labor is some of the deepest work we do and each contraction is a prayer of devotion to that work. And the truth is, it is simply just the beginning.

02/11/2026

The Peninsula Midwives sign was the last thing to go and it was haaaard to take down. I thought I was avoiding it because it would be a logistical challenge, but the truth is that it was the emotional kind. As I scraped, peeled and cleaned, I meditated on all of your stories that have passed through this space in the last 3.5 years. I gathered them all up with me and am infusing them into the new space. A few folks asked if I would be starting a blank slate baby picture/card wall. I'm definitely not! I'll be bringing you all with me and hanging you up! I live in a home that isn't the home either of my children were born in, so this type of exercise isn't totally new to me. The space changes, the stories, love and care for you do not!

Thanks for being wonderful neighbors and landlords! I'll miss y'all!

Full tour of the new clinic coming when it feels totally ready!

02/08/2026

I was beyond overwhelmed and did a terrible job taking pictures, but, wow, just wow! Deeeeeeepest gratitude to my helpers yesterday!! At one point there were 16 adult sets of hands present and helping load in one space and unload in the other. 99.9% of everything got moved! And many stayed and helped with the set up also. I stayed until 8pm and got things so very dialed in and I can't stop marveling at how quickly that happened. Many hands do indeed make light work! There were kids ranging from 4+ months old to 8 years old. There was nursing and napping and snacking and almost toppling disasters and it was wonderful! It felt so special to have Kathy and Melanie carry me into this transition and help me set the space. I cannot wait to welcome families into this new space! 2 people have said already it already smells the same as the old space, which is something that is often commented on.

(Can we talk about how NOT looking forward to the dregs of things and cleaning of the old space?! 🫠 But I should have that done way ahead of time!)

Thank you thank you to: my hubby, Kris, Kathy, Melanie, Taylor and kiddos, Sheff and Lara (and Rowan), Aliza and Chris (and Otis), Tyler and Shanti (and Willa), Savannah, Corinne and Sula, Elie and Matt and Jaimie!! I adore you all!

02/06/2026

Today was my last full clinic day in my office. Moving this weekend. Boxes are being packed. It was such a gorgeous day and I shed some tears as I took down my wall of babies. Excited about setting up the new space, but definitely grieving leaving this incredible space that has housed so much for the last 3.5 years!