Baby Moon Midwife Service

10/28/2025

You’re the boss. :)

10/14/2025

Listen up, all you mamas who think you don’t need a nap….

Scientific research on the limits of human endurance confirms that pregnancy is one of the most demanding metabolic feats possible, as the sustained energy required to grow a baby over nine months forces the mother's body to operate at an elevated rate of approximately 2.2 times her resting metabolic rate—a level nearly equivalent to the physical ceiling sustained by elite endurance athletes, such as those running a marathon per day for several weeks. This comparison underscores the sheer, continuous intensity of pregnancy, highlighting it as the longest and one of the highest energy-expenditure events the human body can endure.

10/13/2025

Women ask me all the time what I think. This is it- RRL tea is full of a lot of minerals that MAY be helpful and likely won’t hurt. The evidence is slim.
Dates are full of minerals. They’re food. But they’re also full of sugar (energy). So, enjoy them balanced with some protein, but if you have blood sugar issues, stay away. Eating 6 a day at the end of pregnancy seems pretty extreme.

Also, 2nd labors are generally shorter, so if your evidence is that it made your second baby come faster, that’s correlation and not causation.
~Crystal

10/12/2025

National Midwifery Week💙🩷

09/09/2025

08/30/2025

Deborah is wearing her “Call the Midwife” scrubs today. There is work to be done!

08/21/2025

08/14/2025

Believe it or not, we are already booked up for April! But we have some openings for October/early November. Call or email us for a free interview.

08/14/2025

Interesting article on waterbirth differences in the US and Europe.

Cultural Differences in Waterbirth Practices by Gail Hart
Many US practitioners are unaware that we do waterbirth differently than our European colleagues who developed it. Many of these European doctors and midwives are upset at that difference and would like US midwives to change the way we do waterbirths. There are two crucial differences in the way waterbirth is taught on the two continents.
https://www.midwiferytoday.com/mt-articles/cultural-differences-waterbirth-practices/

07/30/2025

This meta analysis on perineal massage might surprise you. Check out EBB’s take on it.

07/28/2025

Welcome, baby boy! You were so ready, you almost came before your midwives arrived. Big brother loves you so much, though!