Baby Moon Midwife Service

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!

07/11/2025

We still have some availability for 2025! And we are taking interviews for February and March 2026.

Contact is at 417 -751-0040 or contact.missourimidwife@gmail.com to set up your free interview today.

Hurry! We usually book up quickly!!

07/08/2025

Owner located!

If this looks like it belongs to you, tell us when you left it. ;)

07/01/2025

06/30/2025

This is not license to eat 50 pints of B&J’s just a great way to present the shockingly high number of calories required to grow a human.

It takes a lot of energy to create life, and scientists are saying it takes significantly more than they originally believed.

Research shows that pregnancy demands 50,000 dietary calories over the course of nine months, 96% of that energy is required entirely from the mother. FYI, that’s roughly 50 pints of Ben & Jerry’s 🍦

Mamas and soon-to-be-mamas? Take a nap—this. is. not. easy!

👉 Study published in the journal Science, reported by The New York Times

06/17/2025

This is one of the reasons we recommend eating lots of whole foods. Insufficient protein intake and insufficient vitamin sources increases your risk of pre-eclampsia. But the good news is you can change!

As I continue on this PE post series, I'm going to jump into talking about individual nutrients, how they function, and the correlation to PE risk. Starting, of course, with Vitamin A....one of the most villainized nutrients in prenatal nutrition. ⁠
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A 2016 study found that dietary intake of antioxidants was lower in those with preeclampsia, including vitamin A⁠
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A meta-analysis from 2022 found enough evidence to support the connection between vitamin A deficiency and preeclampsia.⁠
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A study published in 2023 set out to determine whether vitamin E or vitamin A was associated with a decreased risk. Prior to this study, other studies had correlated lower levels of both VA and VE with preeclampsia risk. Few studies had looked into which of the two was associated with the decreased risk. This particular study found a stronger correlation between vitamin A deficiency and the risk of preeclampsia as compared to vitamin E deficiency. ⁠
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50% of American adults do not consume the current vitamin A recommendations in their diet. According to the WHO, 15% of pregnant women worldwide are truly deficient. ⁠
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Vitamin A is crucial to the early development of the placenta (as we've discussed, this is where the foundation for preeclampsia starts). Trophoblast cells have receptors for vitamin A. ⁠
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Add all of this to its need for RBC production, and thyroid function....