Midwife KC

Midwife KC Traditional home birth midwifery services for Metropolitan Kansas City.

Merry Christmas! 🌟 Today, we celebrate the most extraordinary arrival. God chose to enter our world in the most vulnerab...
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas! 🌟 Today, we celebrate the most extraordinary arrival. God chose to enter our world in the most vulnerable way possible, as a baby, held close by his mother. 🌟

May the quiet miracle of Christ's birth fill your hearts and homes with peace and immeasurable joy! 🤍 With love from all of your .KC family

“Of course Mary had a midwife. Her name was Salome and she was from Jerusalem. Her tomb can be found in the Lachish regi...
12/24/2025

“Of course Mary had a midwife. Her name was Salome and she was from Jerusalem. Her tomb can be found in the Lachish region near Jerusalem and was formerly a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years.

Salome is a significant figure in the gospel of James (the Protoevangelium) and the story and the story of her presence, along with another midwife, at the birth of Jesus can be found in that gospel. Pope innocence I denounced this gospel, so it became an extracanonical gospel along with along with many others and is not in the New Testament. The Western world, therefore, has all but forgotten about Salome; but she is depicted in ancient art everywhere, including the Vatican Museum where one can see artwork depicting her and the other midwife washing Jesus.

Other ancient Nativity art often depicts Salome and the other midwife washing Jesus or attending Mary. So, although this part of the Nativity story has been left out in recent times, it was once a well-known and important part of the Nativity long ago. Before the adoration, before the the three wise men, there were two wise women.

Happy birthday Jesus”

Image 1: Giotto di Bondone - No. 17 Scenes from the Life of Christ - 1. Nativity - Birth of Jesus, fresco, between 1304 and 1306
Image 2: detail of image 1
Image 3: The Nativity, about 1420 by Spitz Master (French, active about 1415 - 1425) Showing Salome’s hands being restored.
Image 4: Salome (right) and the midwife bathing the infant Jesus in a 12th-century fresco (Open Air Museum, Goreme, Cappadocia)

All is merry and bright ❤️ There's nothing like the joy of babies in December 🌟Let's talk about your birth plan📲 Text or...
12/22/2025

All is merry and bright ❤️ There's nothing like the joy of babies in December 🌟

Let's talk about your birth plan
📲 Text or call: 913-214-2162
📧 Email: midwifekc.office@gmail.com

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Look at those sweet little wrinkles and that perfect nose 😍 What was the first little detail you noticed about your baby...
12/19/2025

Look at those sweet little wrinkles and that perfect nose 😍 What was the first little detail you noticed about your baby?

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You can be the first one to touch your baby.You can reach down and feel your baby crowning.You can catch you baby and br...
12/18/2025

You can be the first one to touch your baby.
You can reach down and feel your baby crowning.
You can catch you baby and bring them up to your chest.
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Ready for a team that will support your birth plan? Get in touch!
📲 Text or call: 913-214-2162
📧 Email: midwifekc.office@gmail.com

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12/17/2025

Welcome baby 💗

12/17/2025

Welcome baby 💙

It is such a joy to celebrate all the wonderful men we get to watch become dads in our work! Your preparation and presen...
12/16/2025

It is such a joy to celebrate all the wonderful men we get to watch become dads in our work!

Your preparation and presence throughout pregnancy, during birth and in the (not always) quiet of the day to day moments of fatherhood is seen and appreciated. 💓

With Christmas approaching we think of Joseph's actionable and steady love in preparing, protecting, and caring for Mary and Child in this steady way.

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You deserve informed consent and to be treated with dignity at every step of your pregnancy and birth experience. 👏🏼A 20...
12/15/2025

You deserve informed consent and to be treated with dignity at every step of your pregnancy and birth experience. 👏🏼

A 2013 study (NBER working paper number w19242) found that the more educated someone was on the birth process, their options, and the medical system, the less likely they were to have a c-section. This study looked specifically at physicians caring for other physicians and wouldn’t you know it—they perform SO MANY LESS c-sections on fellow physicians. They found that when the patient is another physician, they are less likely to end in a c-section. The authors suggested that since the patient (a fellow physician) is so educated on their options, the birth process, and the medical system, they are less likely to experience manipulative care that so often leads to unnecessary c-sections.

Ready for quality, evidence-based, childbirth education? We courage all of our clients (classes are also open to non-clients) to take our Childbirth Education 2-class series to be an active participant in your care.
💬 Let's chat! 💬
TEXT or CALL: 913-214-2162
Email: midwifekc.office@gmail.com

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Hope and Rejoicing. 🩷 The waiting phase of pregnancy can sometimes feel long, but today reminds us that the promise is r...
12/14/2025

Hope and Rejoicing. 🩷 The waiting phase of pregnancy can sometimes feel long, but today reminds us that the promise is real and the fulfillment is near. My hope for you this week is that you can release any stress and simply be present in the miracle of this moment. You are doing amazing, important and beautiful work! 🤰🏻

🎄❄️Don't let holiday mastitis ruin the season! ❄️🎄Why it happens - The simple answer is: going too long between feedings...
12/12/2025

🎄❄️Don't let holiday mastitis ruin the season! ❄️🎄

Why it happens - The simple answer is: going too long between feedings. It's more common during the holidays due to all the extra things happening between traveling, family gatherings, decorating, cooking, and more!

How to prevent it - Talk with your husband about your concerns before any events, plan to delegate tasks and nurse, nurse, nurse your baby!

Watch out for - Early warning signs like breast swelling or pain that doesn't go away after a feeding. Look for any red, tender or painful area(s) on your breast that is hot to the touch or red streaking.

What to do - Contact your midwife or lactation support, stay hydrated and get rest. Keep breastfeeding, starting with the affected side. If it is too painful start on the other side and then switch after letdown.

✨ Just one more perk of homebirth is that you get to arrange your space in a way that feels comfortable, relaxing and ri...
12/10/2025

✨ Just one more perk of homebirth is that you get to arrange your space in a way that feels comfortable, relaxing and right to YOU, which includes the lighting!

We will work with the lighting you choose, flashlights and headlamps are our friends! That might be the natural light from the window, a few soft lamps and flameless candles, twinkle lights, or your regular room's lighting.

From a midwifery standpoint on physiological birth we know that we need a feeling of safety and security for birth to unfold. The harsh overhead hospital lighting (even just in the waiting room) is not ideal for that and often causes labor to pause.

And of course.... ✨ twinkle lights ✨are just beautiful and fun! Do you think we will have any babies born by the light of the Christmas tree this year? 🤩🎄✨

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Mission, KS

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+18889639102

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Cheryl Gilman, CPM

Cheryl Gilman has been practicing in the Kansas City area since 2013. Years prior to obtaining midwifery certification, she became a certified doula in 1998.