Mother To Mother Midwifery

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Have you heard of menstruation referred to as the fifth vital sign?? Your cycle provides important insights into your fertility, hormones, and your overall health. Knowing your cycle is such an empowering tool. Managing your fertility can mean not having to take hormonal birth control and feeling confident about timing sex to avoid pregnancy OR to conceive. ... Stay tuned this week as we explore ways to support your fertility and hormone health Image by: @duvet_days

More exciting news!! Karly Nuttall will be joining our team later this summer. Karly brings a wealth of experience and wisdom and we are so excited to collaborate with her while she’s back in the U.S. for a bit! Repost from @karlynuttallmidwife Hi y’all! Have I ever introduced myself on here? I’m not sure. I know that’s a thing and I’m trying to be more visible on my own page so people know the midwife behind the posts! It’s me! Karly! Mmkay...let’s backstory it, shall we?... I’ve been a midwife since, honestly, I don’t remember but it was either 2003 or 2004. I’ve been going to births since 1999, first as a student midwife, I was never a doula. I’ve attended a lot of home births and birth center births, I think around 775-800 in total so I’ve really put in some hours. I’ve done tons of reading over the years, become a functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner and vaginal hydro steam therapist and learned so much from my clients over the years. I love digging deeper into health and hormones and how we can find the root of problems experienced during the childbearing year! I co hosted the @birthkweens podcast and also started Midwifery Finishing School to pass on all my I wish I’d known this when I started practicing nuggets to the newbie baby midwives out there. I’ve practiced mainly in San Diego California but I’m living in Antalya Turkey (not delivering babies here) right now with my fiancé who is from Morocco. We’re reallllly enjoying the mountains, the sea and the fresh food they grow in the city. Introduce yourself if you want to say hi in the comments! See more

How sweet is this picture of baby Nikko and Mama? Nikko was born en caul after only 3 pushes in the family’s own bathtub. Birth is amazing

We are so thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Winter will be joining the Mother Mother Midwifery team!! Elizabeth is a licensed midwife and naturopathic doctor as well as mother to two little ones, both born at home with midwives. Elizabeth received her training in both naturopathic medicine and midwifery at Bastyr University in Seattle, WA. She practices as both a naturopathic doctor, specializing in women's health and pediatrics, and also as a midwife. Elizabeth has attende...d births for over 8 years now, primarily in freestanding birth centers and at home. She is proud to carry on the lineage of naturopathic midwifery which combines the principles of naturopathic medicine with the Midwifery Model of Care. Elizabeth believes that pregnancy and birth are normal, yet sacred, physiological processes. She believes strongly in the safety of homebirth for low risk women and babies. Through her own birth experiences, she understands first hand that birth can and should be joyful and empowering. She believes strongly in choices and informed consent and brings these principles to all the families she works with. When not serving families and running after her own little ones, Elizabeth enjoys trail running, swimming in the ocean, relaxing in the desert, working on her garden, and, unashamedly, true crime podcasts.

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Birth is powerful wise words from @iamhaizehawkerosen

Placenta This incredible organ can be such a gift for healing and balance during the postpartum season. #placentaencapsulation #placentamedicine #fourthtrimester

What began as a relationship between mother and midwife blossomed into a beautiful friendship. Here are Sunshine and Sahar enjoying a sunset stroll together at the beach.

Body balancing for comfort in pregnancy and labor #optimalfetalpositioning #bodybalancing #physiologicalbirth #birthingwithease #midwiferycare #naturalbirthing

Look at these two. Their parents met 2 years ago in birth classes and now these kiddos are best buds One of the truly magical elements of this home birth practice is the community. All of the connections and support and love that happen behind the scenes and long after the birth. This is what it’s all about. #birthmatters #homebirthmidwife #theresnoplacelikehome #midwiferyforall #oxytocinguardians #growingup #homebirthbaby #sandiegoparents

We are so excited about these classes! Allison has created such an amazing series to help families feel informed, prepared, and excited for their birthing experience. We will be sure to share upcoming series dates with you. #sandiegobirthclasses #balancedbirthpreparation #empoweredbirth #birthprep #homebirthing

There’s nothing quite like that moment that you return from labor land and realize that YOU DID IT! You feel your baby in your hands, you look down and see their little body there on your belly instead of inside of it. You fall in instantly and completely. #birthisbeautiful #oxytocinguardians #sandiegohomebirth #midwiferycare #homebirth #birthbliss #sandiegohomebirth ... :@joannepriscillafotografie

And what an honor it is to witness that miracle. In birth, a baby is born and a woman is reborn... leaving behind the previous version of yourself and birthing a new one. Mother. #maidentomother

Birth is not a cerebral event; it is a visceral-holistic process which requires all of your self body, heart, emotion, mind, spirit. Baraka Bethany Elihu : @aliferoahphotography #homebirth #theresnoplacelikehome #waterbirth #birthphotography #midwifery #sandiegomidwives #oxytocin #birthingcave

We are thrilled to offer our support group in person again! For now group will be held outdoors at Trolley Barn Park. Wednesday’s @ 10:30.

Happy Labor Day from all of the Mother to Mother Midwives : @_fluidstate No need to push a river, it already flows.

Repost from @instinctualbirthing How true this is. When I began to view birth differently, I began to view everything differently. I realized that all what I thought I had known about birth was wrong. I’m learning every day. I’m learning that statistics and scientific studies do not accurately reflect much. Not just with birth. They are often biased and heavily incentivized. Information used to manipulate thoughts and ideas. ... One of my favorite quotes from Birthing From Within: We have to prepare in our hearts so that birth can happen in our bodies. I finally understood that women have to prepare for birth in their heart and soul not in their head. That giving birth is something a woman does in her body not in her head. -Birthing From Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz You already know how to birth. The key is unlearning and then relearning. See more

In labor, we may intuitively crave solitude... finding time alone in the shower or sitting on the toilet or retreating to the bedroom. Many times it is when we are alone with our magnificent bodies, connecting to our babies, doing the beautiful dance of labor that our power can really blossom. Surges get closer and longer and stronger- bringing our babies to us. Sometimes, a little privacy is just what we need for our journey in labor land...... See more

Birth is innately hormonal and in labor it’s important not to disturb the environment or person. There are 5 elements that help to guard and protect both the process and the laboring person and as midwives we do our very best to honor these. Privacy: when you feel watched or observed it can hinder oxytocin production and slow or stop labor. ... Safety: when you feel comfortable and safe your body releases and regulates the hormones of birth more effectively. Silence: those in the birthing space need to be very conscious that their presence does not interfere: limit conversation and questions. In labor, you need the freedom to make noise and act intuitively. Darkness: keeping the space dark signals the parasympathetic nervous system to take over. The neocortex (thinking brain) is at rest and the intuitive and involuntary nature of birth takes over. Warmth: like darkness, warmth helps to avoid adrenaline production and boost oxytocin. Remember. We are mammals and our physiology craves these elements to birth. : @indiebirth #undisturbedbirth #birthlikeacat #physiologicbirth #oxytocinguardians #respectbirth See more

Research shows that whenever midwives are allowed to practice autonomously outcomes are significantly improved. CA is one of only four states that requires physician permission to practice. Let’s change that!!! Link in our bio for you to contact your senator. #cnma #sb1237 #midwiferyforall

stop. listen. reflect. act. #midwivesforblacklives #blackouttuesday

You. Are. Strong. We will remind you if you forget, we will be there to honor your power during birth, to hold space for your fear, and to witness your transformation. #midwiferymatters #birthistransformation #homebirth #birthinginpower

We were so honored to have shared in this family’s birth. Here they are sharing their own story. It’s never too late to consider Home Birth! #theresnoplacelikehome #midwives