Abby the Birth Worker

10/30/2025

How can prenatal preparation affect a woman’s ability to cope with labor and how a midwife would compensate for deficiencies in her prenatal education? What do you think?? Did your doctor or midwife gently guide you on prenatal education? Do you think prenatal education is important for labor?

10/28/2025

A real boss babe.

10/13/2025

One of the best things about a homebirth is either having your baby in your bed, or crawling into your own bed soon after baby arrives. I’ve had two hospital births and two homebirths and this feeling is UNMATCHED. I am eager to become a midwife who attends out of hospital births (primarily, we know not all births are out of the hospital). Painting by Joaquin Sorolla “Mother”

10/13/2025

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10/12/2025

Please say a prayer for these sweet boys and their mama!!!

10/10/2025

10/08/2025

Why weight gain the end of the 2nd tri into the 3rd is so important. Continue to nourish your body well!!!

10/08/2025

Warm windy fall day, clotheslines across driveways flapping in the wind, and cookies given to you by sweet little children…. I have experience assisting some births with the Amish, but I’m looking forward to servicing mostly “the plain population” in this portion of my training. For obvious reasons I won’t post pictures of the folks I’ll be working with, but I’ll share tidbits of my experience when appropriate. Every time I asked if I could sit in yesterday it was met with some sort of variation of “You have to learn somehow.” And a chuckle when I put the blood pressure cuff on backwards and listened to the stethoscope with the ear pieces the wrong way 🙃 by the last visit I finally did it the right way the first time (I swear I’ve taken vitals before!).

10/07/2025

Day 1 of clinicals. Had some thoughts last night and wanted to share what was on my mind.

10/07/2025

My book mark. Forever a reminder of dear Heather.

10/07/2025

Postpartum support group tomorrow!!!