Bowling Green Midwife & Childbirth Services

01/14/2026

More neonatal health benefits found from delayed cord clamping. At Bowling Green Midwifery we delay cord clamping much longer than 60 seconds. 60 seconds is a bare minimum.

12/15/2025

Yes to all of these (and more)!!! They are absolutely life saving skills for a midwife to have. All things that we train for and practice regularly so that we know what to do when they happen IRL, because they will absolutely happen. I've had to use all of these skills this year and I'm thankful for a well trained team who knows what to do and how to work together in these situations.

When interviewing your homebirth midwife, make sure she has these skills and that she talks in depth about them.

12/03/2025

I love getting birth announcements, family pictures, and Christmas cards from my past (and current) clients. If you would like to send me a family Christmas card🎄, I'd love to add it to my wall of footprints and cards (or if you'd prefer it not be up on my wall, just send it with a note letting me know). You should have my office address, but if you need me to send it to you, shoot me a pm or text.

09/12/2025

The majority of our clients labor in water and/or birth in water. Reach out if you have questions about water birth at home.

"Conclusion
When compared with land birth, water birth does not appear to increase the risk of most maternal and neonatal complications. Like any other delivery method, water birth has its unique considerations and potential risks, which health care providers and expectant parents should evaluate thoroughly. However, with proper precautions in place, water birth can be a reasonable choice for mothers and newborns, in facilities equipped to conduct water births safely."

"In this systematic review contrasting water births with traditional land births, we observed notable safety benefits of water births. Maternal infection risk did not increase with water births. In addition, water births resulted in a 20% reduction in the risk of postpartum hemorrhage, a 40% decline in instances of neonatal aspiration, a 36% decrease in the risk of neonatal infections, a 31% reduction in the frequency of low Apgar scores, and a 44% drop in admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit. However, it is pertinent to mention that water births presented a slightly increased likelihood of umbilical cord avulsion."

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Water birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of maternal and neonatal outcomes https://ow.ly/nr7O50R9Nzi

01/07/2025

❄️Give me a call in a few weeks, when you get that positive pregnancy test❄️ In the meantime, stay inside and snuggle up😉

12/21/2024

If you find that your Christmas activities bring a little September surprise, call a midwife🤣

09/20/2024

🌟2025 Off-call post🌟
I usually take an extended period of time off-call during the summer months to travel and spend time with my family without constantly saying, "if I'm not at a birth" every time that they ask if I'll be at an activity.
Another thing that being off-call allows me (and my students) to do is participate in CEU/continuing education classes to sharpen our skills and keep up on the latest research.
In May we were able to sponsor a Breech Without Borders training in Bowling Green. Dr. David Hayes spent two days here, teaching breech skills to midwives (and one lovely doctor) who traveled from all over Kentucky, Tennessee, and surrounding states. This was our second time taking this training and it was incredible. I'm excited to see what CEU classes we'll be able to attend in the next year.
All of that said, in 2025 I will not be taking due dates from about mid-May to mid-July.

09/12/2024

Do you want birth centers in Kentucky? Medicaid coverage for CPMs?

Donations of just $5-10 are helpful (anything that you can give💜)

Set your alarms for 6:15 pm Central Time for the Fastest Two Minutes in Giving!

While you can make a gift any time (12am-11:59pm ET) on 9/12, if you want to have the potential for your gift to be chosen to earn up to $20,000 for KBC, set an alarm and make your donation between 7:15-7:17pm ET during the Fastest Two Minutes in Giving!