As our midwifery practice grows, we have taken on some new people to help us thrive in the busyness. Today we introduce you to some of our new village members and share some of our birth stories from recent births. Enjoy and Cheers!

Today we have 2 guests on to talk about continuity of care. Katie Black is Linden Tree's resident RN, birth assistant and student midwife. Nicole is our client, friend and Katie's first continuity of care in her midwifery training. Hear all about Nicole's birth with her rainbow baby and how continuity of care helped her through her pregnancies and births. Cheers!

Today we look back on our 2022 successes... as well as failures...and talk about our plans to rise up like a fire phoenix in 2023. We also share the stories of some of our December births. Cheers!

Kim spent 10 days at the Midwifery Wisdom Conference in Texas. Today we talk about some of the things she learned and the lessons we are trying to incorporate into our practice and lives. Cheers!

As out of hospital providers, we work with low risk clients. There are some gray areas to what is considered low risk and what is considered high risk. Today we discuss some of those factors and how difficult it can be to make the call that someone is too high risk for our care.

Listen in as we interview 2 OBGYN's in a nearby hospital practice. We discuss how much the experience of our clients improves when we collaborate and have mutual respect. A shift needs to happen in the US. This conversation is our way of trying to improve the culture between midwives and OB's and we also had a blast. Cheers!

We are back from our long break and our space is finally up and running. Today we talk about our grand opening, what we have been up to during our break and several birth stories of the week. Cheers!!

Certified Midwives In Virginia are trained to possess and administer medications for birth. Our law in Virginia prohibits midwives from doing this. Midwives In all states but 2 legally can use medications to help make birth safer. The Virginia Midwives For Safe Community Births are actively working to change this outdated and dangerous law. Listen to this episode to find out why this law is so absurd and how you can help make changes to make birth safer for everyone in Virginia, regardless of where they choose to give birth.

Today Kim and Jess talk about some of the things they swore they would never ever do...as parents, birth workers and in life in general. As we get older we realize everyone is on their own journey and more support and less judgement is key. So grab a beer and enjoy all the things we have done we swore we never would. Cheers!!

Meredith is back to work after her postpartum period, so we thought this was a fitting time to discuss that transition that so many moms find so tough. We share our experiences going back to work and also the experiences of our listeners who wrote in. Cheers!