Song of Shifrah Birth and Health Ministries

11/09/2025

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11/07/2025

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Decades of research have shown that round-the-clock fetal monitoring does not reliably predict fetal distress, and experts say it leads to many unnecessary surgeries. But it’s still used in nearly every birth in the U.S. because of business and legal concerns, a New York Times investigation found. https://nyti.ms/3WF7yLx

10/28/2025

10/28/2025

The whole reason I wanted to be a midwife was to give access to birth options to moms who might not necessarily have choices financially. I am currently caring for a mom in need, and they have started a go fund me to cover their expenses for the impending birth - she’s due Sunday!!
She’shad a stressful pregnancy, and experienced a significant tragedy in a hospital while loaing her fost baby, so homebirth isthe onlynoption that feels safe. Th also experienced unemployment for most of the pregnancy. She needs to finish purchasing supplies ASAP!!
If you prefer not to pay the go fund me percentages, you can donate directly as well, just message me and I’ll give you the info.
Her link is http://gofund.me/f31927580
Like, share, and donate today!! yntenpregnancy

Hey there , my name is Gemma, and I am currently 36 weeks pregnant. From the begi… Gemma Jordan needs your support for Help me get the support I need in labor

10/28/2025

Openings for Homebirth for 2026 Due Dates:
January - 2
February- 3
March - 3
April - 3
May - 6
June - 6
July- 5

10/28/2025

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Sometimes I look around and see the beauty of this work. The art, the calling, the sacred trust we hold in our hands, and yet my heart aches.

Because among that beauty, I also see walls. I see cliques and quiet divides. I see gifted people standing shoulder to shoulder in the same room, but miles apart in spirit.

And it hurts deeply.

We are called to be healers, not just of bodies, but of communities. Yet how can we heal the world if we cannot first find healing among ourselves?

It should not matter the color of our skin, the letters behind our names, the way we worship, or the style of care we believe in.

Whether we use Dopplers or fetoscopes, speak from faith or science, or carry different traditions and training. We are all midwives.

We are guardians of life, and that should be enough to bind us.

Unity is not uniformity. It is not agreement on every technique or philosophy.

It is the willingness to honor one another, to see each other’s hearts before our differences. When we come together, something powerful happens! Midwifery grows from a calling into a movement!

We begin to stand tall enough to be heard, strong enough to be respected, and united enough to create real change.

Because the truth is, the world is watching. Families are watching. Policymakers, physicians, and hospitals are watching. They will take us seriously when we take each other seriously! When we choose collaboration over competition, and when we defend one another with the same passion we defend those we serve.

Let’s build bridges where walls have been. Let’s gather, not as factions, but as kin. Different hands, one heartbeat.

Together, we can transform maternal care, strengthen birth centers, and home birth, while bringing hope to the deserts that have gone too long without it.

May our unity become the revival midwifery has been waiting for.
May we be known not just for catching life, but for catching each other. BEFORE we fall apart. Lucie Bryant, Midwife

10/16/2025

If you missed us at the Crunchy Fest, come find us here!

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Before your ‘due’ date, how about a date with us? 😉

Join us November 16th to mix and mingle with local birthworkers to build the birth team of your dreams!

Be prepared to learn a wide variety of skills and comfort techniques for labor, pick the brains of your favorite doulas & midwives, and build the empowering and transformative birthing experience you deserve!

Link in bio to register, don’t stand us up 💋

10/03/2025

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In 1944, in Warsaw, a midwife named Zofia Kaminska fought occupation not with weapons, but with birth records. Her small practice, tucked in a modest flat, was a place of both beginnings and concealment. To the Germans, she was simply a woman who delivered babies. But behind her careful handwriting and steady hands lay defiance.

Zofia quietly falsified birth certificates, registering Jewish infants under Polish names, giving them identities that could not be erased. In her satchel she carried both swaddling cloths and forged papers, her touch delivering life in more ways than one. Families entrusted her not only with their newborns, but with their very survival.

One night, soldiers pounded on her door, demanding to see her records. Zofia stood firm, her ledger open on the table. Page after page listed births—ordinary, unremarkable names. What the soldiers did not see were the duplicates she kept hidden beneath the floorboards, proof of lives saved. They left, muttering about wasted time, never knowing that within those pages lay dozens of children who would grow up free.

After the war, many of those children—by then grown—spoke of her with reverence: “She gave us life twice. First in the cradle, and again on paper.”

Through ink, cloth, and the steady courage of a healer, Zofia transformed her quiet practice into a sanctuary of survival.

09/26/2025

Every single space is beautiful in this newborn nest today! Can’t wait to meet you little one!!