OHMI Midwives

02/21/2026

Surrounded by love before they're even born! Families welcome always at 💕

02/20/2026

This is how you love on your wife when she is in labor 💕

02/19/2026

Graduation Day!!!!

02/13/2026

Love CGM as a way to learn about your body.

02/07/2026

Yay for more local in-person birth classes. 💕

Three local Lamaze classes this spring! Knowledge is essential for informed choice 💜

02/02/2026

✨ Why screening tools aren’t the whole story ✨

Take a look at these Eldon card blood type results—both done just one minute apart, yet showing very different outcomes. Now, we know these cards are historically inaccurate, but they are an easy option for clients as a first step when some may be resistant to medical tests, and it is an available resource for many community midwives.

This is a great example of when simple screening tools, while helpful, aren’t always definitive or fully reliable on their own. Variables like technique, timing, technician experience, variable factors affecting interpretation can impact results.

In this case, the inconsistency wasn’t something we were okay with. We are grateful to offer clients an in-office venous blood draw for confirmatory ABO blood typing, giving clearer and more accurate information when it matters. To clarify, the blood draw was actually for the paternal parent - this was necessary in a case of an unknown factor that can really impact informed decision decision-making.

While we aim to minimize unnecessary testing and interventions, we also recognize that sometimes we need more than a screening card. Sometimes we need higher-quality data to guide safe, informed care.

This is part of the deeper level of support we’ve been working hard to offer our clients and our community. 💛

02/01/2026

01/29/2026

Placenta Love 💞

A few facniating plancenta facts that you may not know about:

1. It is made from both parent and baby—but controlled by the baby. The placenta originates from the embryo (baby’s DNA), not the mother. Yet it embeds into the mother’s uterus and interfaces directly with her blood.

3. Maternal and fetal blood never actually mix. Despite being millimeters apart, blood stays separate. The placenta acts as a sophisticated exchange membrane, passing: Oxygen, Nutrients, Antibodies, and Hormones while filtering many toxins and pathogens.

4. The placenta can override the mother’s biology. It releases hormones that: Increase maternal blood volume, alter insulin sensitivity, redirect nutrients to the baby—even if the mother is undernourished. In survival terms, the placenta often prioritizes the baby at a real metabolic cost to the mother.

5. It functions like multiple organs in one. The placenta acts as:
- Lungs (oxygen exchange)
- Kidneys (waste removal)
- Liver (nutrient processing)
- Endocrine gland (hormone production)
- Immune organ (antibody transfer)

The placenta isn’t just a support system.
It’s a temporary, intelligent life-bridge—part baby, part mother, part miracle.



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01/29/2026

Client mindset:
“I want a midwife at my birth,
just in case.”
Please discuss ⬇️

01/27/2026

What is your favorite iron source? Mine ➡️ beets! 🫜 However, Beef liver is a significantly better food source of iron than beets. I also like Liver 💕