As midwives, we do a lot. We work hard, caring for our clients, holding all their stories, their hopes, their fears, their families, and their medical health and well-being in our hands and minds. Constantly! We also run a business and that’s a whole other can to hold, contain, and work hard on. Well, as […]
I’ve been asked many times what’s the weirdest thing in my homebirth bag… Well, I’d have to say condoms now! Yes, you read that correctly. I’m now carrying latex-free condoms. Yes, they work well for preventing pregnancies and STIs, so why would a midwife, delivering babies, be carrying them? Well, I recently attended a great
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Portland is great, for a number of reasons, right? It is a great place to bike, be close to nature, shop at farmer’s markets, go paddling, take the bus, run into your friends at the grocery store, AND give birth! We have a lot of different options in the Portland area, which means all families
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Have you wondered what it’s really like to be a homebirth midwife? Every birth is so different but here’s a snippet of what an average night being call to a birth is like for your dear, midwife 🙂 9:45 pm Make myself go to sleep early because I know a client has been having irregular
So, What’s it like to be an on-call midwife anyways?! Read More »
When I meet clients for the first time during our consultation I tell them that yes, we follow the normal obstetric visit schedule but the similarities stop there. Portland Natural Birth dedicates a whole hour to every prenatal (and postpartum) appointment with all our clients. So, what exactly happens in the hour? Well, first off,
What does prenatal care look like with PNB midwives? Read More »
Well friends, the time came to step up my game as a midwife! I love attending births and providing care to all our sweet families in those precious days during the postpartum period. I already spent time with all families making sure they had a good latch, gave them pointers on different nursing positions and
Come join us for a New Parents Group led by Portland Natural Birth midwife, Mirra! It’s every Monday from 1-2:30 at an awesome new toy store in SE Portland, Hammer and Jacks. Free and open to all new parents with pre-crawling babies. http://www.hammerandjacks.com/eventcalender/2016/11/28/new-parents-group
Come join your very own Portland Natural Birth midwife, Mirra, in connecting with other pregnant mamas once a month! Pregnancy is such an exciting time but also can have its own challenges along with tons of questions. “Is this normal? Am I the only one that thinks that? What will life be like once the
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Birth is more complex than a one-word label and our perspective encompasses all different aspects of what it can mean. We believe the term natural birth can take on many different meanings for different families. At Portland Natural Birth, our goal is to include all Portland families desiring midwifery and home birth care, placenta encapsulation
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What inspires you? What inspires you to choose a home birth or to be the kind of parent you strive to be? A professional friend challenged me to ask myself this question- what inspires me? At first, it can be a quick answer. I am completely inspired by nature. I love hiking. I especially love hiking