Blessingway Midwifery Care

10/05/2025

Happy National Midwifery Week to all of my midwife colleagues, midwife students, and all who support us and allow us the privilege of caring for them! 🩵💗💙

Happy ! This week was created by to celebrate and recognize midwives and midwife-led care. It’s time to display your pride in the hallmarks of midwifery that you deliver every day.

09/30/2025

Ibuprofen and other NSAIDS are not recommended in pregnancy. They can have serious consequences.

09/26/2025

The American College of Nurse-Midwives affirms acetaminophen, also commonly known as Tylenol, remains a safe and effective option for relieving pain and reducing fever during pregnancy when used as directed. Ongoing research and expert reviews continue to support its appropriate use, and pregnant individuals can feel confident using it in consultation with their midwife or other healthcare provider.

09/24/2025

Having the FREEDOM to choose your own position allows you to listen to your body and find what feels best for you in the moment. This can lead to a more positive and empowering birth experience.

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09/17/2025

Welcome little sister LJ! Born in the water and ushered in by stand up and the Mets! Your mama was amazing and strong! 💗🎂🎉

09/16/2025

We don't recommend Circumcision to our families. We ask them to consider not circumcising. Well, we understand that families might have strong, religious or family reasons for doing so, there are very few medical reasons. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/12LrXvxHB5k/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Neonatal male circumcision in the U.S. has fallen over the past decade and now sits below 50%, a cross-sectional study indicated.

"These findings align with prior trends and reflect sociodemographic changes and evolving cultural, clinical, and policy landscapes," researchers wrote.

Read more: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/117464

09/16/2025

Welcome to a sweet Viking warrior who came through wild and strong! Your mama was amazing and strong for you! Your big sister awaits! 🩵🎂🥳

09/06/2025

No one expects to struggle after having a baby. Families are all smiles and well meaning advice can feel like criticism.  Mothers can be drowning, and the people around them don't even see it. Please check in please be observant. Offer to help. 

08/28/2025

Working with this family was a joy!

08/24/2025

There is Help. There is Hope.
YOU MATTER.
YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AND BE WELL WITH HELP.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Many Support Group, Therapy and Medication Management resources and more options including free support from Peer Coaches from the Postpartum Resource Center of New York's Parental Mental Health Peer Support Program and our local Community Partners for New York State Parents to be and Parents. Free PRCNY virtual options posted for this week.

To learn more CONTACT: Postpartum Resource Center of New York's State-wide Toll Free Helpline: 1-855-631-0001 or www.postpartumny.org/email

NOT FEELING LIKE YOURSELF? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
The Postpartum Resource Center of New York is here Sunday-Saturday 9am - 5pm to support you and help you get to the help and resources you need. We are not a 24 hour/7 day a week hotline but here are resources that are always available with someone to talk to and for help all of the time.

THERE IS HELP AND HOPE
Call or Text Now. To talk with someone right now or at anytime:
– National Maternal Mental Health Hotline 24/7 Call or text 1-833-852-6262
(1-833-TLC-MAMA)

- 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline -- 24/7 Help is available to talk with someone now at Crisis Lifeline Call/Text 988 Need Help Now? Dial 988 or text Got5 to 741741

- New York State Domestic Violence 24 Hour Hotline (English & español/Multi-language accessibility): 1-800-942-6906 or 711 for Deaf or Hard of Hearing
New York State Chat/Text hotline: Text at 844.997.2121 / Chat: https://opdv.ny.gov/chat.html

08/23/2025

Today is Rainbow Baby Day 🌈 We know that many of you will have mixed emotions about this day. You may have your Rainbow Baby or you may be navigating pregnancy or baby loss right now. Some of you may be trying to conceive after loss.

We also know that while having another baby after loss can be a joyful time, it can also be a reminder of what was lost and is often a very worrying time for bereaved parents.

Please know we are here, if you need to talk 💜🧡

08/21/2025

Michel Odent was a pioneer and visionary in the birth world. He believed in allowing birth to be simple and following instincts to keep it as safe and empowering as possible. May he rest in peace.

We are saddened to hear news of the passing of Michel Odent, whose vision and writing reshaped the way we understand human birth.

Michel Odent reminded us that birth is not a medical procedure to be controlled, but a primal rythm to be respected. He advocated for home-like maternity units, warm water births, protecting the birthing woman's privacy and honouring her instincts, undisturbed contact between mother and newborn; he was among the first to discuss the importance of the microbiome, and question many of the practices that had (and have) become normalised in overmedicalised maternity systems globally.

Michel Odent's legacy lives on in every dimmed, quiet birthing room, and in every midwife his words and work inspired to join our profession.

Thank you, Michel, for your passion, vision and committment to women and newborns.

Photo: Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA