Blackbird Perinatal Care Community

04/20/2026

We’re going on a journey together

04/18/2026

Where have I been? Stay tuned.

04/11/2026

01/25/2026

End of shift drive home - took twice as long as usual but home never looked better. About a foot of snow so far where we are, how about you?

11/02/2025

Even if you can’t be there, make sure you call!

National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)
New Jersey Certified Professional Midwives Association (NJCPM)
https://www.njcpm.org/

08/28/2025

When you the chance, get outside, get some sunshine and get some good food in you. Your break is your reset. Prevent burnout in birthwork by taking care of yourself in the moments you get! No, a walk or a massage can’t fix everything, but mindfully prioritizing a break as a time to choose something healthy and fulfilling is a mindset that the work isn’t all-consuming.

08/17/2025

It’s August, but it’s Independence Day in Wisconsin! Next in the Garden State 🙏🏼 - independent practice and full privileges for NPs and all midwives!

08/05/2025

Read this though - it’s not what you think.

Birth Trauma is Bull$hit — Part 2: The Second Wound

She finally found the courage to name it.
Not to blame. Not to dramatize. Just to speak.

She said, “This part of my birth was really distressing. Has anyone else felt like this?”

And the comments rolled in:
✨ “Birth is traumatic — what did you expect?”
✨ “That’s just how hospitals work.”
✨ “If that’s trauma, you must be pretty soft.”

No compassion. No curiosity. Just correction.

And that is the second wound.

The one that happens after the birth — when you realize that not even other mothers will hold space for your pain.

We are so conditioned to stay quiet, to “be grateful,” to get over it — that we’ve started turning on each other.

Birth trauma is real.
And it doesn’t need to look like your trauma for it to matter.

Instead of defending what happened, let’s defend her right to feel what she feels.

🌀 At Birth Story Medicine, we don’t minimize, correct, or gaslight.
We listen. We validate. We help people come home to themselves.

Because if you're sick of carrying this alone…
We’re here.

Let’s change the culture — one story at a time.

Message us to book a session and find out how much can shift in just one session!

08/02/2025

…and I don’t have to set an early alarm! Since I travel a good distance to be part of a freestanding birth center and hospital practice, there are many nights I have to sleep away from home. I **think** Koda misses me…but now I get to be here two nights in a row!

Don’t overlook burnout related to the mental load of parenting and/or managing a household from afar during 24 hour call shifts! Whether that phone rings or not, it takes a lot of work just for you to be there.

07/20/2025

It’s birth trauma awareness week. Please reach out if you need support. Sliding scale and pro bono plans often available.

07/16/2025

Me: which car should I take to work?
The Universe:

07/12/2025

Did you have twins?

It is assumed that twins grow more slowly because the uterus can’t keep up with the needs of two babies. To determine when this is happening, twin growth is evaluated according to the same growth chart as singletons. This leads to high percentages of twins being diagnosed as growth restricted and to the consequent management, including early delivery, that may follow that diagnosis.

A new study challenges this assumption. What if, theorized the researchers, slower growth is actually an evolutionary adaptation to allow the uterus to nourish two babies to maturity? To test their theory, they did serial ultrasound measurements of growth rates in twin and singleton pregnancies and found that even at 15 weeks—long before the demands of two babies would challenge uterine capacity to nourish both of them—twins already had less fat compared with singletons. This finding supports their theory and argues, according to a commentary on the study,* for developing a fetal growth chart specific to twins.

*Melamed N, Hiersch L. New Insights Into Fetal Growth in Twins-Pathology or Benign Adaptation? JAMA Pediatr 2025;179(6):594-6.

https://bit.ly/3ZJ7U5A