Moonflower Midwifery - Taylor Lee LM, CPM

10/07/2025

Updated availability: I will be taking the months of May and June off for surgery, and taking clients on a case by case basis in July when I return.

10/04/2025

Surprise!! We are now accepting insurance 🥰 Fill out a consult request form to get in touch.

10/02/2025

💙 Baby Blues vs PPD vs PPA: Know the Difference 💙

Not every mood change after birth is the same:

🔹 Baby Blues: Mild mood swings, tears, irritability; usually resolves within 2 weeks.
🔹 Postpartum Depression (PPD): Persistent sadness, hopelessness, low energy, loss of interest; can last months without treatment.
🔹 Postpartum Anxiety (PPA): Intense worry, racing thoughts, panic attacks; can interfere with daily life.

Recognizing the signs early is key to recovery. Mental Illness Awareness Week is the perfect time to learn, reach out, and support each other.

*️⃣ Perinatal mental health disorders also include OCD, Bipolar Mood Disorders, PTSD, and Psychosis. *️⃣

You are not alone. Get help now ⤵️
🔷 Call or text the Postpartum Support International HelpLine at 800-944-4773. You never need a diagnosis to ask for help.
🔷 Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-852-6262
🔷 In a crisis situation, call or text the National Su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
🔷 Download the Connect by PSI app in the App Store or Google Play Store
🔷 Visit postpartum.net for additional programs and resources.

10/01/2025

"I didn't have enough milk so you probably won't have enough milk."

This is what my grandmother (who didn't breastfeed her 2 kids) told my mother (who did breastfeed her 3 kids).

I'm pretty sure she believed it at the time.

Later she would recall having been given something to dry up her milk with her first baby. They told her she didn't have enough milk and then gave her pills to "dry you up and help with the pain."

She trusted them.

My mom tells how when she was breastfeeding my grandmother was fascinated. Supportive and curious.

"I never got that" she would say to my mom.

There was grief there. Also a willingness to learn. She wanted to understand what happened to her and why she was told she wasn't able to breastfeed. She no longer believed that she didn't have enough milk. She strove to be involved and fully supportive of my mom's journey.

When I had my first, my grandmother hosted a baby shower for me. All floral and frilly with delicate cupcakes of pink to celebrate my baby girl on the way. Mostly my mom and grandma's friends and a few of my own that knew them as well.

In between me excusing myself to vomit, I sat in the living room on a sofa that was usually covered balancing a small floral paper plate on my lap with food I couldn't stomach to look at. My grandmother moved about the guests, gushing about becoming a great-grandma and telling stories of me at her house practicing piano "just over there." Then she'd come back to me and offer to get me a refill on the punch and snacks I hadn't touched. She'd tell me I was glowing (I was glowing green but she didn't comment on that) and that my belly was just perfect. Finally, on one visit to my spot, I asked her to sit with me, to take a minute from hosting and have a plate of food herself and visit with me.

She did. That's when she asked me if I was planning to breastfeed.

I told her yes, I figured I would try.

"Oh good. That's very good. I'm sure it will all turn out beautifully. Don't let them give you anything to dry up your milk."

***Picture of one of the last times I saw my grandmother. She had changed drastically in the matter of just a few years. I was very pregnant with my 2nd baby at this visit, a baby she never met. She passed the morning of the day I gave birth a few weeks later.***

09/29/2025

Clients, if you have photos or videos from your pregnancy, labor, birth, or fresh newborn photos (they dont have to be professional), that you wouldn’t mind being included in some new documents I am working on, I would greatly appreciate if you sent them to me! Text works best 💜

09/24/2025

The best in the business!

Can you make soap out of breastmilk?

Absolutely!

This box of soap was made especially for a little one out of his mom's breast milk.

It will be unique to him. How cool is that?

These 12 bars will last her for the year. What great planning ahead to not have to worry about running out of soaps that are specific to her son!

09/06/2025

08/31/2025

Helpful tips 💜

All of this!
🌸Rachael

08/29/2025

Yes yes yes!

08/26/2025

In Loving Memory of Dr. Michel Odent (7 July 1930 – 19 August 2025)

With deep respect and heartfelt sorrow, Linden Tree Midwifery honors the extraordinary life and legacy of Dr. Michel Odent, a visionary obstetrician whose work forever transformed the way we understand and support the birthing process.

Dr. Odent’s journey began in Pithiviers, France, where, from 1962 to 1985, he headed both surgical and maternity services at the local hospital. It was here that he reimagined the birth environment—introducing home-like birthing rooms, birthing pools, and even singing sessions for laboring women. He believed that these comforting, private, and undisturbed settings allow the natural processes of birth to unfold with greater ease and dignity.

In 1983, Odent published a groundbreaking report in The Lancet, documenting the first uses of water for labor and delivery within a hospital setting—widely regarded as a seminal moment in the water birth movement. Through this work, he helped normalize water immersion for pain relief and physiological ease during labor, a practice now embraced by countless midwives and birthing centers worldwide.

Beyond birthing environments, Odent was a trailblazer in early postpartum care. He authored the first article detailing the initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour after birth, and another applying the Gate Control Theory of Pain to obstetrics—underscoring his commitment to minimizing trauma and maximizing bonding 

In 1985, Dr. Odent moved to London and founded the Primal Health Research Centre, a pioneering initiative studying how the earliest stages of life—from fetal development to the postnatal period—influence lifelong health and well-being 

Dr. Odent wasn’t an advocate for imposing one method over another; rather, he emphasized the power of understanding and supporting physiological birth, encouraging minimal intervention and the creation of environments where mothers can feel safe, centered, and respected

His vision continues to inspire all who believe in the transformative power of birth. May his legacy live on in every birth that is approached with compassion, wisdom and trust in the bodies innate abilities.