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Breathe Birth Care, American Fork, UT (2025)

11/23/2025

Today was a skills day for the students and we worked on pelvic exams and breaking waters! It is often the more invasive skills that students are slow to learn, because we don’t do them often and because they can feel a lot more anxiety due to the invasive nature of these skills. Today our students got the chance to break water ballons with either the amnihook or the amnicot while running through different scenarios and practicing the risks versus benefits conversation. They also each blindly measured different cylinders to work on figuring out effacement and dilation. Then lastly we all made bead bracelets and keychains that are each 10cm for practice outside of the skills day.
As always there was tons of laughter and playfulness throughout the entire afternoon. We have so much fun as a team! We love these future midwives and can’t wait to see how far they will go! 🖤

11/22/2025

Take a peak at our favorite postpartum planning workbook
We spend a lot of time during appointments talking about postpartum because it is so important and often forgotten in all of the birth prepping.
This workbook helps you figure out the nitty gritty and honestly saved my life last postpartum. I remember that on my most depressed down night I knew who my inner circle was, who to text, and what to ask for because I had done the work in this workbook prenatally.
If your goal is a supported and cozy postpartum, this is one of the ways we recommend preparing for it. It even goes into detail on what to happen when the unexpected occurs, and if we know anything about birth and postpartum, unexpected should maybe just be expected.

11/20/2025

When the words “too sensitive” are thrown like knives, whose only intentions are to cut you down, we look at sensitivity like a curse. These words are often used to deflect responsibility when actions they do cause harm. Or maybe they are instead used as blinders for people so uncomfortable with discomfort that they’d rather you bottle it up so they don’t have to see it.
But what if we changed the narrative, what if being deeply sensitive is instead, a gift? An ability to be so very in tune with your body and the world around you that there is no other pathway through than to feel it all. An ability to listen to your inner knowing above all else and to then trust what it tells you.
What if, instead of feeling the shame they hope we will feel, we thank them. Because we are deeply feeling people who are sensitive to small changes in our bodies and environments, and that is a blessing.
What if we took back the phrase too sensitive and saw it as the powerful thing it is in life, parenthood, and beyond.
What if instead of deep sensitivity being a fault line in us, the lack of sensitivity is a chasm for them, one so deep they cannot help but point it out.
What if your deep awareness and understanding will be what guides you through birth and into postpartum rather than a reason that you could fail?
What if the sensations your body innately knows how to feel and understand are the guideposts along the trail to your baby being in your arms?
What if this deep sensitivity is actually your power
What if?

11/19/2025

We all know that bodies dilate to about 10cm before pushing occurs and babies are born. In hospital settings, vaginal exams are not just common place but often required. At home? Not so much. As midwife’s we know first and foremost that a laboring body can be, for the most part, trusted. And we also recognize that there are many other signs and symptoms that can provide us with knowledge about what phase and stage of labor we are in, if baby is in a good position, and even how dilation is occurring or where baby is moving to in the body.
In most of our births we will never even ask for a vaginal exam, observing and trusting as birth unfolds. Occasionally there are moments where a vaginal exam could be helpful, but even then, we are always okay with a birthing parent declining the vaginal exam and continuing forward without it.
I don’t know how many times we have witnessed dilation do it’s very own thing, sometimes it’s a parent needing a nap at 10cm to prepare for pushing, other times, we see dilation go from 3cm to 10cm in a matter of moments, we have even had a mom hang out at 7cm dilation for weeks before going into labor. Because we have seen such amazing and miraculous occurrences with dilation, dilation and dilation speed is not something we are specifically looking for to tell us that birth is normal and baby is on the way. It is true that the cervix is not a crystal ball, even if you’re at 10cm I cannot tell you how much longer you’ll be laboring or how many contractions you have left. But what I can tell you, is that in most cases, you can trust your body and your baby to guide the way.

11/06/2025

Patience and trust in the body and its ability to gracefully and peacefully birth a baby has come up in our last few births, but this one has continued to stay in my mind. Over and over during this birth, I thought to myself how differently it would have looked if we were in a hospital setting. If doctors and nurses were expecting 1cm/hour, if Pitocin was started when her body needed a break, if she were forced to push at 10cm, if her body had not been trusted with innate wisdom on how it could and would eventually birth her baby.
Over and over we checked her vitals and listened to her baby’s strong and sure heartbeat. We gave fluids for energy and encouraged eating and laboring in restful positions. But overall, we trusted her body and its ability, knowing that sometimes all that is needed is time.
And to watch this incredible mother patiently wait for her body and baby’s readiness to push and birth was something else. She did not beg nor plea, but simply allowed the process to unfold, and unfold it did, so beautifully, hours later than expected, and yet at the most perfect time. 🖤

11/05/2025

On a busy morning, a mother labored as her children splashed in the birth pool and kissed her face, and awaited a baby. When the midwives arrived it made things even more exciting. And when they asked for hand balloons the midwives made them, giggling and laughing with them as they did so. And the mother labored on. And though this was only a small a moment of the birth, it mattered. It made a memory the children will never forget about the day their brother was born. Birth is a family event that occurs in joyful moments like this. And as the woman labored on, hand balloons bounced around the room, reminding her of her children long after they had gone off to school.

10/27/2025

We provide every client in our care with a birth kit at their 36 week appointment! Most of what is included are disposable items we use at your birth, but here is a list of everything they come with!
✨Chux pads
✨6 depends adult diapers
✨Pads for padsicles
✨Fish net for solids in the pool
✨Handmade onesie and newborn hat
✨Garbage bags
✨Birth tub
✨Pool liner
✨Hose adaptar
✨2 shower curtains for bed and floor protection
✨Witch Hazel
✨Hydrogen peroxide
✨Amnicator
✨GBS swab
✨Peri bottle
✨Bendy straws
✨Electrolyte packs
✨Gloves
✨Lube
✨Cord clamps
✨Gauze
✨Bulb Syringe
And that’s it! Happy birth kit day!
When we get to your birth, it then looks like we are moving in with our big bags of other supplies!

10/20/2025

Intermittent fetal monitoring with a Doppler is how we check in on babies during pregnancy and labor. Many times people will see that homebirth photos don’t have the bands on the belly like hospital photos have and assume we don’t check in on babies, and that’s just not the case. We love utilizing our Doppler and listening to baby every 30 minutes during active labor, every 15 minutes during transition, and every 5 minutes or every other contraction during pushing. If we do hear something concerning you might notice that we do more frequent monitoring or stay listening consistently, but typically we can listen intermittently and have reassurance baby is doing well.
We love intermittent monitoring, but why do our clients love it?
🖤Comfortable for the birthing parent
🖤Everyone in the room can hear the fetal heart beat
🖤Can be used in many different laboring positions
Can be used underwater
🖤Allows for more personal space
🖤Does not require wearing uncomfortable belts
Research also shows that there appears to be no differences between intermediate monitoring and continuous fetal monitoring. In fact, some studies showed that continuous fetal monitoring was 63% more likely to result in a cesarean section and 15% more likely to result in forceps or vacuum assisted birth.
We have been told that hearing the baby’s heartbeat each appointment was the best part of our client’s week and that the Doppler getting baby’s heart rate during birth provided peace as they labored to bring their baby earth side.

10/16/2025

When it comes to birth control and family planning postpartum, we love recommending the Temp Drop devise and tracking your cycle with your body basal temperature as well as other signs and symptoms during your cycle like position of your cervix, vaginal discharge, and more.
Not only is this a way of avoiding hormonal birth control, but it helps you to better get to know your body and what it’s doing at any point of your cycle. It is also able to be 77-98% effective if done correctly.
If you’re looking for a great resource when it comes to tracking your cycles and better getting to know your body, we highly recommend talking to or taking any of her courses.
I used this method for two years before choosing to get pregnant with my first and then in between every baby successfully, and I loved how it helped me with knowing my fertility when I was ready to continue growing my family.
Photo by: .peterson 🖤

10/15/2025

Let’s talk birth trays! Every midwife will have different supplies they have on their birth trays so these can really differ practice to practice, but let’s chat about what we keep on ours.
On our birth tray we keep
💫 Tinctures, specifically Angelica Root, Cotton Root, Anti-Hemorrhage, and Placenta Release tinctures. These can be used for a labor that has stalled and for postpartum bleeding.
💫 Oils, including lobelia, arnica, and peppermint essential oil. These can be used for cervical swelling and to help prevent nausea and vomiting.
💫Gloves and l**e. Though we don’t typically request vaginal exams, sometimes they are requested from us, so we like to be ready.
💫Anti-hemorrhage medications. We have four different medications that we can utilize if the herbs aren’t working and bleeding is extensive. As licensed midwives we appreciate being able to have access to these life-saving medications when they are most needed.
💫Yunnan Baiyao and Rescue Remedy. These are two alternative medicines. The Yunnan Baiyao is a Chinese medicine used for helping with bleeding and the Rescue Remedy is a homeopathic used to help calm the nervous system.
💫Ambu Bag. We utilize this bag and mask when a baby is needing a little help with breathing. 10% of all babies born need a little nudge to make the transition earth side and though we don’t need it often, we like having the Ambu bag close by.
💫Cord Clamps and Tools. 99% of the time we do cord cutting and clamping about 1-2 hours after birth so that you can have golden hour and your baby can get all of their blood from the placenta. There are times where a very short cord snaps and we need to quickly clamp or where the cord is so short that the parents request cutting it earlier, for moments like these we like having this on our tray.
💫Thermometer and hat, most babies put on their parents skin will regulate their temperatures well. Sometimes the room is a little too cold or the water isn’t on them enough in the pool, and their temperatures will drop which makes them work harder to keep warm and is when a little hat can make a big difference.

10/13/2025

The intimacy and love of these two dad’s as he labored through the quiet hours of the night and morning was beautiful. Its labors like these where you get to visibly see that love is the hormone flowing through to bring a baby here.
I love the bonding that can occur when partners show up in ways similar to this during labor. It is a belief of ours that the bonding that can occur in childbirth is purposeful and meant to be something to draw on in the sleep deprived and exhaustive moments together postpartum. A reminder that you both are on the same team together, a reminder of your love and friendship, a reminder that you’ll get through even the darkest night.

10/11/2025

Hydrotherapy is an amazing tool used to help with contractions during childbirth. Whether it be in the shower or birth tub or both, it can have amazing impact on the sensations we are experiencing and how we are coping. They call the birth pool natures epidural for a reason, it is powerful. I often describe it as almost muffling the contractions and sensations. There’s also something wonderful about standing in the shower with water beating on your lower back allowing gravity to assist with baby’s decent. I often found myself in both the birth pool and the shower during all 3 of my births. Did you use hydrotherapy during your labor? How did you like it and which type felt best?
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