Midwife Musings
This is a sacred space woven with wisdom, story, and the quiet power of the feminine. Created by a midwife and keeper of life’s deepest mysteries, this blog is a gathering place for those drawn to the rhythms of birth, blood, breath, and becoming. Here you’ll find reflections, teachings, and timeless truths offered in devotion to the cycles that shape us. Come as you are. Stay as long as you need.
Countdown to Christmas
A cozy and festive way to weave pregnancy, birth prep, and postpartum into the winter season.
Through The Eyes of A Midwife
Upon arrival I heard your noises, saw the patterns, and felt the energy.
Pushing will be underway soon.
Cultivating sexual energy through deer breast massage.
What is deer breast massage?
It balances the left and right side of our body through sexual energy and links our sexual organs to our heart.
The Wisdom Emerges During Our Empty
When I feel lost
scattered
ungrounded
I will bring myself to wallow in my cycle.
Connecting with Your Baby In Utero, From Conscious Conception Through the Third Trimester.
Pregnancy is not just about growing a baby. We are also weaving a relationship, the sacred motherbaby dyad.
From the very moment you open yourself to conception, a thread of connection begins to form.
In this post I invite you to slow down, listen deeply, and nurture that bond through every stage of your journey.
It Is A Powerful Way
They want to take away the pain and the work and the individuality of labor.
They want to take away the magic where personal reality and liminal space births us into stronger mothers, stronger women.
Once upon a time
there was a mother. And a mother before her and a mother before her who brought their babies earth side through cesearean.
The First 40 Days: Postpartum Healing as Sacred Rest
The first forty days after birth are a sacred window, a time to rest, heal, and be reborn alongside your baby. This ancient practice of postpartum confinement, sometimes called the golden month, honors the deep transformation happening in your body and spirit.
In this guide, I’ll share my favorite ways to tend to your healing: a nourishing womb-healing soup, a DIY herbal sitz bath, and a bathing ritual to share with your newborn.
Let’s return to the art of postpartum care, slow, tender, and sacred.