Chava Birth, Brigham City, UT (2025)

08/31/2025

We are looking forward to this event next weekend. If you are in the cache valley area, come and say hi to us! ❤️

08/31/2025

Tomorrow marks the end of my August due month off call break. I am so glad that I took the time off to rest, reset, and soak up some much needed time with family and friends, but the births are calling again and I’m more than ready.

We have 17 more Chava babies expected with 2025 due dates, and I can already feel the energy shifting. The bags are packed and my phone is officially back to being a lifeline.

I can’t wait to see how their stories unfold. ❤️

08/28/2025

When supporting labor, sometimes it’s the small things that shift the energy, calm the nervous system, or give the body a gentle nudge. That’s where homeopathy comes in. These little remedies are safe, subtle, and often surprisingly effective when matched well.

Some of the most used remedies in my birth bag:

Gelsemium for shakiness, discouragement, or emotional shutdown. The classic “I don’t think I can do this.”

Pulsatilla for emotional, clingy, weepy labors. Also helpful with positional issues or stop and start patterns.

Sepia for the emotionally checked out birther who wants space, feels flat or overwhelmed, often after long or draining labors.

Caulophyllum when contractions are irregular or ineffective. Helps the uterus find a better rhythm.

Arnica for recovery and bruising. Supports healing after long labors, difficult pushing, soreness, or fatigue.

Aconite for sudden panic or intense fear. Brings calm and helps someone feel safe in their body again.

Kali carb for exhausting back labor where nothing feels comfortable and the person is restless or irritable.

Nux vomica when labor stalls at pushing or feels tense and unproductive. Helps when someone can’t release and let go.

Antimonium tart for newborns with rattly breathing or mucus. Gently supports clearing and smoother transition.

Carbo veg for pale, sluggish babies who are slow to establish regular breathing. Supports oxygenation and circulation.

Homeopathy doesn’t replace other needed support, but it can bring real shifts when chosen with intention. Just one of our skilled tools in our toolboxes.

We also use tinctures during labor, which are herbal and act more physically. I’ll share more about those soon! 🌿

08/25/2025

It seems like just yesterday I was kissing these sweet newborn cheeks.

Today is his birthday. My baby boy. Twelve years ago at this moment, I was deep in the haze of birth and beginnings for the third time. Figuring it out all over again. Letting time slow for just a moment before speeding up like it always does.

I don’t remember every detail, but I remember the feeling. The weight of a baby on my chest. The stretch of love and exhaustion. The way the world felt quieter and different for a little while.

This photo pulls me right back not just to that baby, but to who I was then. To what it meant to mother in that season of my life. To what I didn’t know yet, and to what I carry with me still.

Twelve years. A blur and a lifetime. He’s not quite a teenager, but no longer a little kid. One foot in childhood, one stepping forward into something new. And somehow motherhood shifts again too. These are no longer the early years, but thankfully, not yet the letting go.

Time keeps moving. They keep growing. And somehow, we do too. 🎂

08/22/2025

Today, August 22 is Rainbow Baby Day, a day set aside to recognize and honor babies born after pregnancy or infant loss.

Their pregnancies and births often carry complex emotions. Happiness, relief, and healing can exist alongside grief and fear. The term “rainbow baby” reflects the hope that follows a storm, but it doesn’t erase who came before or what it took to get to the other side of the storm.

We’ve had the privilege of walking with families through these experiences, holding space for both the sorrow and the joy. It’s an honor every time. Our own student Alannah, knows this deeply after losing her daughter, Loreley, at 19 weeks and welcoming her rainbow baby girl the following year. Her experiences have shaped her as a future midwife, allowing her to connect with the families we serve in a deeply meaningful way, and while we’d never be grateful for this part of her journey, we recognize and honor the impact both of her daughters continue to have.

Today is for the families who have experienced loss and continued forward. For the babies who followed. And for the ones gone too soon who are never forgotten. 🌈

08/20/2025

Prodromal labor is real, exhausting, and not talked about enough.

It’s when your body has contractions that feel like labor but don’t cause steady dilation. They often start in the evening, come in strong and regular waves, and fade by morning. This can repeat for days or weeks.

The difference from true labor is that prodromal contractions don’t get longer, stronger, and closer together over time. They may stop when you rest or sleep. True labor keeps building, no matter what you do.

Prodromal labor is not for nothing. These contractions can soften the cervix and help your baby move into a better position. It’s often seen when baby isn’t perfectly aligned yet, when your body is tired or stressed, or sometimes for no reason at all.

The hardest part is how emotionally draining it can feel. You’re not wrong, dramatic, or broken. Your body is preparing for birth in its own way.

When labor truly starts, you’ll feel the shift. And we’ll be there.

08/17/2025

It’s true, I became a midwife to hold the mothers.
To listen, to witness, to support them through the hardest and holiest parts.

But holding the babies?
Well that’s a pretty sweet perk. ❤️

08/15/2025

People ask me about the name “Chava” all the time so I figured I’d share this here again in case you were curious too!

I truly didn’t expect naming my birth practice to be one of the hardest parts of starting one. I kept chasing the perfect name. The perfect word. Something that felt strong, rooted, honest. That described my personality and birth philosophy. I’d land on something I loved, only to do a quick google search and find someone else somewhere was already using it, and I knew I wanted to be searchable. I told my husband, “All the good words are taken,” and he jokingly said, “Well… in English at least” and that got me thinking.

I knew I didn’t want to borrow from a culture that wasn’t mine. But I did start looking into Hebrew, a language tied to my heritage and ancestors traditions. Most of the words I found that I liked based on their English translations didn’t feel like the right fit. Too sharp. Too unfamiliar. Too out there. I was about to give up on the idea completely.

And then I remembered my own Hebrew name.

Chava.

It’s a form of the name Eve and is often translated to life or life giver. I had always known this meaning, but when I looked it up again through the lens of birth work, it hit different.

This is what I do! I walk with people in some of their most vulnerable, transformative moments. I support, I witness, I protect. I help bring life forward in more ways than one, by helping the life givers.

Yes, people mispronounce it all the time. No, it doesn’t bother me. That was my only hesitation. It’s hah-va like the beginning of hallelujah, no “ch” sound. But I’m used to that. My last name gets the same treatment (that is pronounced M-ow-k in case you didn’t know that either). It’s why I like saying “let’s Chava baby” because it’s a play on let’s have a baby, even though it’s not quite the same either.

But in the end, it felt like the only name that ever really made sense.

And that’s how Chava Birth was born. ❤️

08/12/2025

I’m on vacation this week visiting my family in New York, where I’m from. I grew up in a little seaside beach town in Queens, tucked along the edge of the city, where life moved to the rhythm of the tide and everyone knew when the surf was good. It’s been years since I lived there, but being “home” always brings it all rushing back. This is a picture of the ocean that helped raise me.

I love how much birth reminds me of the sea. Not just because of the waves, but because of how much trust it takes. You can’t muscle your way through it. You can’t force the tide to come faster. You move with it. You ride what comes. You learn when to lean in and when to let go.

Birth is like that too. There are quiet stretches where you catch your breath and intense surges that demand everything from you. There are moments that feel calm and moments that feel like they might take you under, but you keep going. You find your footing. You ride the next one that comes.

Fun fact: I used to be a surfer. So maybe it’s no surprise this all feels familiar. Different waves. Same flow. 🌊

08/09/2025

Both Alannah and I are proud to be trained in and able to offer Bengkung Belly Binding, a time honored traditional Malaysian postpartum practice that supports healing in the weeks after birth. This gentle, mindful wrapping technique uses a long, narrow cloth to support the abdominal muscles, reduce swelling, and offer grounding lower back support.

It’s included in a few of my birth packages or can be added on as a standalone service, even if you’re not a client of mine!

Whether you’re planning a home birth, hospital birth, recovering from a cesarean, or just wanting a little extra support during the postpartum period, this is one of my favorite ways to help parents feel more held and at home in their bodies again.

Visit www.chavabirth.com/bengkung to learn more

08/07/2025

Your uterus starts off the size of a small pear and by the end of pregnancy, it’s about the size of a watermelon. Then in the weeks after birth, it shrinks all the way back down.

No big deal, right? It’s just one of the many absolutely mind blowing things your body does to grow and birth your baby. Add THAT to your list of party tricks. 🍉🍐

08/04/2025

I used to think midwifery would be all warm water births and whispered affirmations. A baby born next to twinkling lights and soft music, a mama tucked in her own bed, me driving home with a full heart and a sunrise on the horizon, looking forward to doing it all again.

And yes, it is sometimes that. It’s usually that actually. ❤️

But it’s also navigating loss. Holding space for trauma. It’s teaching boundaries that I’m still learning myself. Middle of the night phone calls. Births that don’t go to plan. Clients who don’t pay. It’s explaining, again, why my work has value, even when your insurance doesn’t think so. Time away from my own family. Exhaustion that settles in your bones.

It’s investing so much of yourself and still wondering if you made a difference. It’s going from the intensity and unpredictability of birth to the stillness and routine of the drive home. The wondering if they felt held by me when they needed it. The need to feel held myself.

I didn’t know how personal this work would be.
How often I’d take it home.
How much I’d wrestle with being enough.

I didn’t become a midwife for the hard parts.
But I sure have stayed because of them.

This work changes people.
It’s changed me. Mostly for the better.

And I’d choose it again in every single lifetime.

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