Lineage Midwifery LLC

11/13/2025

Got a neat little write-up 😁

Today we’d like to introduce you to Valerie Meharg. Hi Valerie, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?I became interested in birth work through [...

10/27/2025

So lucky to have Shelby right in the office!

This little peanut had the BEST check up today. When I first met this one, mom was having lots of pain with latching and baby was gaining weight but terribly fussy- you could tell she was super uncomfortable overall. Evaluation showed multiple lip restrictions, tongue restriction and the functioning of the tongue was essentially "backwards" from what I would expect to see. After a revision for tongue and lips, a visit to the chiropractor, and some reposition during nursing... This little one ZONKED and was cooing in her sleep! Moms pain is much improved and baby is totally relaxed and excited to eat! The amount of tension that was released from her body is next level.

Have I mentioned I LOVE helping tiny humans eat?!? It's even better when I get to work with other amazing providers who "get" the holistic-whole body approach!😍

*Posted with parent permission*

10/24/2025

Hilarious 😂
BUT this is why I want you to stay nourished and hydrated with food and drink during labor! Don't give me that look when I put a straw in your face for the 547th time 🤣

what an absolute legend

09/23/2025

You'd be amazed how often rural midwives get offered kittens. I just do not believe I have gotten enough credit for the incredible amount of restraint I have shown. I want them ALL. That little black one definitely belongs at my house with my black kitties. But I left him 😭

09/21/2025

Women are spinners and weavers; we are the ones who spin the threads and weave them into meaning and pattern.

Like silkworms, we create those threads out of our own substance, pulling the strong, fine fibers out of our hearts and wombs.

It’s time to make some new threads; time to strengthen the frayed wild edges of our own being and then weave ourselves back into the fabric of our culture.

Once we knew the patterns for weaving the world; we can piece them together again.

Women can heal the Wasteland.
We can remake the world.
This is what women do.
This is our work.

~ Sharon Blackie

Art by Mary Feywood

09/17/2025

Nobody works as hard as Angela! She is a tireless advocate for northern Michigan families. Every family deserves a doula like her ❤

Doulas provide reassurance for parents
https://www.thealpenanews.com/news/2025/09/doulas-provide-reassurance-for-parents/

09/14/2025

Midwife Val is teaching yoga on Monday mornings!
✨️Beginner level
✨️Mats and props available to use
✨️Take advantage of the 10-class value pack

08/24/2025

💫Excited to teach my first class tomorrow morning 💫
❤️Seeing this full schedule makes my heart happy❤️

🧘‍♂️Community Vibe
Whether you join us once in a while or all year long, there’s a place for you at Loftara Studio.
🌸 Drop-in: $20/$30 - regular/aerial
🌸 Monthly unlimited: $85/month
🌸 Yearly unlimited: $800/year
Come move, breathe, and grow with us. 🧘‍♂️

08/16/2025

I'm a midwife. I have 87 different bags to carry things in. Why do my hands always look like this?

08/06/2025

Local mom in search of breastmilk donations 💖