Heart & Hands Homebirth Services

11/07/2025

So since cesarean rates have increased so has the incident of placenta accreta. Think twice before you get diced. The implications are life lasting. Seeking an out of hospital birth greatly reduces your cesarean section chances & if you’re delivering in a hospital setting or not taking an experienced doula with you also greatly reduces your chances of major abdominal surgery.

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used to be extremely rare.

11/07/2025

This news is not new but continuous fetal monitoring does nothing beneficial. It only increases the cesarean section rates. Intermittent monitoring is evidenced based & the best practice especially for low risk patients. So why do they insist on continuing this if it doesn’t reliably predict fetal distress?

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

11/03/2025

YES!!!! You certainly may deliver your placenta in the water!!!🙌🏼❣️

10/20/2025

The birth sling & the wireless tens unit are amazing!🤩

09/07/2025

With Barbara Harper – I just got recognized as one of her top fans! 🎉 and I love her!💓

08/18/2025

Note: kitchen cutting board in place to create the firm, level position desired for a resuscitation. And remember…Don’t sever the LIFE LINE aka umbilical cord.🪢

✨Breathing support ✨

In the uterus your baby is completely dependent on the placenta to provide oxygenation through the umbilical cord.

Your baby is swimming in amniotic fluid and needs to clear that fluid to make room for air once born.

Most babies born vaginally will have no issues in doing this, they will let out a big cry and the pressure from that inhalation forces fluid in the lungs to move out into the tissues and let air in.

As the placenta stops pulsating to your baby and inhalation begins the reduced pressure will cause 3 shunts in the heart to close. These were alternate paths for blood flow while your baby is in the uterus and they are not needed after birth.

At times this transition can be delayed and that can be due to many things such as maternal medications, poor placental function etc.

So what do we do as midwives?

First we stimulate give bub a nice rub, ask mum to blow on the face to try and initiate a cry if these aren't
working we go straight to a bag and mask.

If you think of the lungs as 2 flat balloons.
We all know how hard it is to get that first breath into a flat balloon and once there is a little air in there the balloon inflates a lot easier.

Putting it simply that is what the bag and mask does, it pushes air into your baby’s lungs to inflate the “balloons” (lungs) and makes it a whole lot easier to take that first breath.

Keeping the CORD INTACT is a resuscitation technique on its own, research has shown babies with delayed cord clamping started to breathe and establish regular breathing earlier then babies who had early cord clamping.

In Australia it's rare at the moment for resuscitation to take place by the bedside in a hospital setting. At home births this can easily be achieved as you can see in the above photo.

Midwives : 👏
📷 : Emma-Jean Photography ♥️
✨ Words and informative Repost by Peace with birth ✨

07/24/2025

Can’t wait to be listed in the directory!🌊🌊

06/02/2025

Okay break it down Barbara!!! 🙌🏽

05/28/2025

“Birth isn’t just medical. It’s transformational!”🐛💜🦋

Why I Chose a Midwife Over a Doctor

Because I didn’t want to be just another patient.
I wanted to be heard. Held. Seen.

Midwives trust birth.
They trust me.
They don’t rush the process—they honor it.
They sit beside me, not above me.
They ask how I feel, not just what I weigh.

Doctors are trained to handle emergencies—and thank goodness for that.
But for my low-risk, healthy pregnancy?
I didn’t need a hospital gown and a 10-minute check-in.
I needed care that felt like home.

Midwives gave me that.
They gave me strength, presence, and a birth story I’ll always be proud of.

Birth isn’t just medical. It’s transformational.
And midwives? They get that.

05/25/2025

May is month.💜🩵🩷

May is , which highlights the importance of mental health care for parents before, during, and after pregnancy. In many countries, as many as 1 in 5 experience some type of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMD).