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Midwife Mykl, 14 Main Avenue S, Bagley, MN (2026)

01/31/2026

It may have been -15° degrees outside, but it was hot and toasty near the wood stove in this Amish house. A 15 inch umbilical cord, double nuchal hands, born almost en caul, and baby got to cuddle on mama below her belly button for a while, because the cord was too short to come up any higher!

Got called out at 2am, baby was born a bit after sunrise, and I got back to the office just in time for a full day of prenatals. But it was a good day!

Birth Assistant Makayla got in on this birth, and so happy that she did!

01/25/2026

On the way home during the night I got to witness the biggest meteor I’ve ever seen. It traveled south to north, and broke and continued to travel in multiple pieces, then break again and travel further. It was so much more beautiful than this grainy video can show. It stretched across the entire sky as it flew.

I watched, pulled the car over, watched a few more seconds, then pulled out my phone to catch the tail end. I couldn’t believe how long it lasted, and broke, and traveled.

It had been a very hard day. And I had just stopped and paused and teared up a bit at “Rebekah’s intersection” (IYKYK) just 15 minutes before this. It felt like a beautiful reminder of God’s presence, no matter what. As I prayed, and sang along to worship music, and then witnessed this. It truly touched my heart.

If you’ve seen reports of other meteors, then this detail could be interesting too: I witnessed this one from Borup, MN, at 12:31am, and I was facing east.

01/17/2026

Birth Education Class for Parents happening this Saturday, January 17th, from 12pm to 4pm!

There’s still a few open seats left. So this time I’m opening up the class to the public, and announcing here in case anyone else would like to attend!

This class is FREE.

No matter if you’re planning a home birth or hospital birth, this class will help you prepare for it!

Class Location: Midwife Mykl Homebirth Services prenatal office. Bagley, MN.

A few light snacks will be provided. Be sure to eat lunch before you arrive.

Feel free to just show up if you’d like! But if you’re driving from a good distance, send a message first to be sure I wasn’t called away to a labor—in which case the class would be postponed to another day.

We hope to see you there!

01/09/2026

Important dates to know for those with (approximate) conception dates from January through early March.

If you are due during the below listed dates of October 15 through November 30, you can still feel free to reach out to me for information! I would be happy to give you names of other Midwives who serve your area, if you’re not already familiar with them.

I know this can be tough news for some, especially because there are a few parts of my service area that no other midwives serve. I hope you can understand the need for my time off with my family though, to help protect me from burnout. And also so I can spring back into it all again, rejuvenated and ready to support all of you amazing families with as much heart, compassion, patience, and detailed care as I always strive for!

This scheduled time off is for several important reasons:
•Much needed family time—while Off Call! Rest and reset with my family! (The largest and most important portion of this time off).
•Midwifery Teaching to my Birth Assistants, to keep our Emergency Skills honed and sharp, for the safety of all our clients families.
•Midwifery Teaching to the Amish Midwife Communities.
•Birth Education Class to expecting parents.
•Last, but not least—pretty excited about it, actually—Attending a Midwifery Breech/Twins Training Conference for my, ever learning, continued education.

Thank you all for your support and understanding! ❤️ Please share this information with anyone who may need it. (If only I kept a list of all the names of those who say they’ll be calling me for their future pregnancy, but alas, I do not.) 😆

01/07/2026

The first 2026 babies of the Midwife Mykl Midwifery Practice seemed to all be competing for 1st place!

The 1st baby of the year arrived on the 6th, not long after midnight! A first time family with us, and such a beautiful birth. Birth Assistant Christina attend this one with me.

The 2nd baby of the year also arrived on the 6th, in the early evening! This was a planned hospital birth, and Alivia and I would be their Doulas. As it turned out, Alivia and I were 1/3 of the way towards them when I got called to another Homebirth. So Alivia continued on to support this repeat family who we love so much! And I headed to the other labor.

The 3rd baby of the year was also born that same night, on the 6th! Just a bit after 10pm. Birth Assistant Susan met me there for this birth! This repeat family already knew Susan from their last birth with me, and it was special that we were able to work it out to have the same Assistant for this birth too!

Whew! And now after this this unusual cluster of births, it’s very possible that I won’t have another birth for several weeks! That’ll feel strange 😆

01/03/2026

2025 Year End fun details.

❤️💙 49 babies
💙 32 boys
❤️ 17 girls
🥇 11 First-time mamas
🥇 18 First-time Homebirthers
🛀 15 Water born babies
🛀 26 Mamas utilized water for labor
🙋‍♀️ Many Mom-caught babies
🙋‍♂️ A few Dad-caught babies
🙋🏻‍♀️ 1 Birth Assistant Susan-caught baby
🙋🏻‍♀️ 1 Birth Assistant Christina-caught baby
⭐️ 4 Homebirth VBAC
🌟— 1 Primary VBAC
🌟— 3 Secondary VBAC
👣 2 Breech home born babies
👶 Shortest 2025 home born gestation 38w 5d
👶 Longest 2025 home born gestation 42w 3d
👶 Smallest 2025 full term home born baby 5 # 10oz
👶 Largest 2025 full term home born baby 10 # 8oz
👶 Largest home birth infant head size (because we all know this mama deserves her own spot on the details page!) 15-1/4” circumference
🏨 1 pre-planned hospital delivery (Doula role birth)
🏨 6 transfers of care, pre-labor and during labor
🏠 42 Home born babies
🏠 0 mothers and 0 babies transported for postpartum complications
👨‍🌾 11 Amish families
🤷🏼‍♂️ 38 “English” families
🆕 23 New clients
🔁 26 Repeat clients
👵 3 Doula Supported births
👵🏻 18 Family/Friend Supported births
🚙 (TBD) Midwifery miles driven (early estimate of 50k+)

It’s been a beautiful year of beautiful births! It’s also had a few more transfers of care during pregnancy than was typical of previous years, and that was tough. But it sure is great to see all these mamas and babies thriving!

There’s also been several other births and early postpartum periods that I’ve been involved in in some way that are not reflected in the above numbers. 6 Midwives (3 of whom were Amish Midwives) have called various times to consult during unique labor, early postpartum, and/or debrief situations. Most of them very rural birth situations. 1 of those was a breech birth during pushing stage, we switched to video chat, and were able to work together quickly to change things up and continue a beautiful safe breech delivery. It’s been a blessing to be able to help other midwives, and I so appreciate these same midwives for the help and kindness they’ve shown to me as well. Having a Midwife friendship community to call during need is such an incredible blessing. 😍❤️

Thank you to all the Mamas/Babies/Families who trusted me and my team with their care in 2025. It’s truly an honor! We look forward to walking with all the families through all their unique birth stories of 2026! 😍❤️

12/28/2025

It was so great meeting Midwife Eudine and her husband Dennis! Eudine had a few rare days off-call, and they came to my office for a visit so we could finally meet in person. We had such a great visit!

This post is a few weeks late, as we met nearly 3 weeks ago. But it was God’s perfect timing that we met when we did, and He orchestrated it so well to fit into the one day I had between a birth and then 5 days of Lactation Certification classes.

So glad to spend time with a like-minded midwife, and can’t wait for the next chance to have a visit!

12/13/2025

I’ve officially added Certified Lactation Specialist to the list of occupation hats to wear! While I already do so very much breast-feeding and lactation support as an integral part of Midwifery, this extra training was truly wonderful.

6 of my Birth Assistants signed up and took the class alongside me too, which included my own daughter Alivia! And it was such a fun moment when we all (after a long week of classes and studying) passed our final exams together this morning!

A huge thank you to Krista at the WIC office in Bemidji for spearheading and organizing this amazing class, and thank you to the Beltrami County as well for sponsoring it. And to the amazing instructors who came from Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio to teach us!

I look forward to how this lactation refresher training will benefit all of the wonderful families we work with!

12/04/2025

Maybe it was about 5* with a -15* wind chill. But was it still worth the 2-1/2 block round trip walk to get my iced latte? YES. Yes, it was. Glad there was enough break between office visits to go grab my latte.

It was a good day of apprenticing a student midwife during prenatals, and signing off on some of her skills. Now we are up to date on all her paperwork—that feels good! It was a really good day.

11/28/2025

The sweet baby boy who decided to enter the world as my Birthday Buddy came for his 2 week postpartum checkup today. Such a sweetie, and gaining by leaps and bounds! So fun to visit with this sweet family today, and was so sweet that they asked to take photos of him with me too. 😍 (Thank you to the parents for permission to post this photo too.) 😍

11/25/2025

Another baby boy! This sweet Amish mama started out her labor feeling a little anxious, but came out the other side as strong as ever!

And Birth Assistant Christina was the perfect help for this birth! Always so grateful for her kind, caring, excellent assistance.

11/24/2025

Another beautiful Homebirth, incredible mama, healthy baby, and happy family! A handsome baby boy made his way earthside late last night. So fun to Midwife for this awesome repeat family again!

My second birth with Birth Assistant Maralee! And it was so great having her help again!

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