Barefoot Birth

02/08/2026

This birth kicked off my year in the most unforgettable way. It was intense, raw, and absolutely real. The kind of birth that reminds you just how powerful and unpredictable this work can be. By the time baby arrived, the room was filled with relief, laughter, and that shared “we did it” energy. Mom and dad joked afterward that the first photo looked like they’d been through a car crash 🤣

Birth isn’t always gentle or graceful, and this one definitely showed that. Mom worked through significant swelling of her cervix (the most I’ve ever seen) and a challenging anterior lip, but with patience, hands-on support, and a whole lot of strength, she brought her baby earthside. A big, beautiful baby; 10 pounds 4 ounces with a head just shy if 16 inches 😳🫣😬

In the end, everyone did amazing. Mom and baby are doing well, and I feel incredibly grateful to once again witness the love, trust, and connection this couple brings into every birth. It’s always an honor to stand beside them.

02/03/2026

Hi yall 👋🏻
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While I don’t care much about the alphabet soup that follows my name on formal documents, I am proud to announce that I have completed my Women’s Functional & Integrative Medicine training with .avivaromm and now can officially call myself Charlie Rae Young LM, CPM, CLC, WIMI Certified Practitioner.
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This program was over a year of study in Integrative Women’s Health and has helped me refine how our practice sees clients who are needing holistic women’s health support. From PCOS to endo, gut health to preconception, menarche to menopause, I feel like I have grown so much as a practitioner through Dr. Romm’s comprehensive program. There is simply nothing like it because no one else in the allopathic community does this! It has been one of the greatest joys of my 18 year career as a midwife to grow the practice in this way. To see people through trying to get pregnant, for prenatal care and birth, to a glowing postpartum period. Midwifery care really can be so full circle and I am so grateful!
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If you’re sick of being handed birth control for every female ailment, tired of being tired, sick of other providers who say 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️- let’s chat!
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What’s next for me? Well I’m currently mid semester bridging to complete my bachelors and then masters and who knows! Until then, I’ll still be in our offices ready to share a hug, a care plan, or whatever our clients need from me ❤️

01/29/2026

Another beautiful, flawless first-time homebirth for this incredibly sweet couple. I want to begin this story by saying how deeply proud I am of them. When they came into care, baby’s growth was measuring around the 10th percentile (anything under 10 is contraindicated to deliver at home), so we took a thoughtful deep dive into nutrition and immediately increased protein intake. By their follow-up growth scan, baby was measuring at 36%. They put in the work, stayed committed, and did everything with intention; proof of how powerful informed, supportive care can be.

Fast forward to the birth: watching her husband care for her and softly sing “Baby, I Love Your Way” had the entire room in tears.

To witness love like that is a truly sacred place to be.

P.S. got to cut an umbilical cord for the first time 🥳

01/18/2026

01/14/2026

As your midwives we won’t kiss your baby’s noggin, but I happen to share some genetics with this one 🥲
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Our clinic day today has been wild! Prenatals, postpartums, integrative follow ups, and a baby born at home right in the middle of all of it! Follow up after a miscarriage, the last goodbyes after successful VBACS, holding hands of folks waiting on their baby’s arrival earthside, cheering on a client who has increased muscle mass and normalized lab values, careplans for avoiding hypertension, some newborn care advice.
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We do a lot around here but the focus is all the same- the love and hands of a midwife with your own individual journey at the center.
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Sarah and I are organizing our 2026 so if you’re thinking about working with us in any capacity, give us a holler!

01/03/2026

Sweet update from one of our integrative health clients this morning-
‘I feel absolutely amazing. I cannot tell you the last time I remember feeling this good.’
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Many folks find us after spending YEARS in the reproductive medicine hamster wheel- feeling worse and more frustrated than when they went in. From menarche, preconception, and all the way to menopause we see folks and help them get to the root cause. It’s simple, it’s not fussy, and it’s all delivered with so much love and care. We cheer for you when we get these updates, too. This is midwifery care through allllll the things!
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Endless support, holistic approach, and a midwife to hold your hand through it all ❤️

12/31/2025

Before the year officially closes, we had to share the last final births that deserve their moment ✨

This momma went out for a nice steak dinner for her birthday and indulged in some well deserved cake, only to find out she was leaking fluid when she went in the bathroom. She didn’t fully believe it since her first labor included a week of leaking that turned out not to be amniotic fluid. Long story short, once the contractions hit, it was VERY quick and her little baby’s head was out as I ran up the stairs to rescue dad from his peak of stress 😅 they both did great! Mom and baby were perfect! Mom looked like nothing happened after, truly incredible 😍 A few moments later her mother arrived who was a long time labor and delivery nurse, it was very sweet to watch her care for her daughter in this way.

12/28/2025

Had the honor of putting on my big sister hat to hold space for my sister to have her first baby girl Christmas Day.
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It’s been a wild journey for her these last few years and I am reminded that the universe really do be knowing what we need and when.
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Supporting family and friends along their own motherhood paths is such a gift I don’t take lightly. Being invited into such sacred space is the deepest honor and something I hold immense and unrelenting gratitude for. My sister is such a good mama and walked so bravely through all these firsts. I can’t wait to see all the ways she continues to grow and nurture her own lil family 🥲❤️

12/24/2025

Less than 1 in 80,000 babies are born en caul where the amniotic sac is partially or fully intact as the baby emerges.
Although I have yet to see a true “mermaid” or veiled birth where the sac is still full of amniotic fluid, it is still super cool to see in any form. This photo was one of two births that day where they were both born en caul 😲

12/11/2025

I’ve spent the last 2 days visiting lots of colleagues in north east Florida for updating preceptor files, one of which was someone many of you know well- Jenn MF Stone!
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I had the honor of training Jenn up many, many years ago and since she has moved back home and built a thriving practice in her hometown of Jacksonville. Since then she has now trained many other students who have gone on to build their own midwifery practices. What a gift to the world that just makes my mama midwife heart real big.
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Jenn coined the ridiculous albeit hilarious (Charlie’s Always Right) and helped to conceive and open the original . She attended so so many births along side me, held me up in practice when I lost my son, and went along with my crazy ideas with a childlike wonder I will never forget. Anyone who knows Jenn knows she’s one of a kind ❤️
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Midwifery has a 7 year burnout rate. Seeing my previous students make it, seeing communities continue to be served, and seeing the legacy of midwifery in Florida continue to grow is such a damn gift!

11/21/2025

We had a super sweet time at the Great American Teach In sharing midwifery with 2nd and 4th graders.
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Sharing midwifery in this way makes a huge impact on younger generations to know what options they have for care themselves when they’re big AND maybe what they might want to do to help pregnant folks and their babies when they grow up 🥲
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May we all be as curious as the 7 year olds who are baffled by their belly buttons 🤓

11/12/2025

Another magical birth for these first time parents. She made it just about to 42 weeks before she drank the juice and a good 40 hours later, Yuna made her grand entrance.

Choosing your birth team matters! PLEASE find people who truly see you, support you, and help you reach your birth goals. Not a single tear in sight, just a pair of perfectly shaped breastfeeding ni***es ready to kick off their new journey. 💕

So proud of this sweet family and so thankful for the incredible team that surrounded them with love and care. Thank you and for being amazing and taking the best photos!