Your Nest Midwifery

09/14/2025

This mama has chosen to keep her birth story close her and her partner. It was beautiful, fast and described as empowering 🤍 so grateful to walk with you. Thank you for sliding in quickly and supporting mama and I so well🤍

09/07/2025

The sacrifices of a mother never cease to amaze me. When this mama finds out she is pregnant, it’s joy met with instant nausea. And vomiting. And body pain. And uncontrollable emotions. And until her baby is in her arms, this is what life looks like.

So when it was time to look forward to labor, she was ready!

Labor started swiftly. And she managed contractions stoically while we set up quickly. She stepped into the pool, followed her body’s movements, and it wasn’t long before she was pushing. It was beautiful ✨ She eased her baby gently and then the shoulders took a bit of work. Leaning forward on dad, she pushed with all her might. With some maneuvers from me, then LaMonica, baby was here🤍 and with a couple of love breaths, she was breathing, happy and oh so cute and chubby🤍

Pregnancy and birth are always take a village. I am grateful to get to support you through your pregnancy for a 2nd time. You and your husband and your mama sure do this well together ✨

Your sacrifice, and willingness to do all the things to grow a healthy baby, and prepare for labor is truly an honor to walk with. I know this was hard. And it shows me again your unwavering love for your babies. You are tough as nails and sure do make some special humans. Love you big🤍

Miss Sylvie Marie was born July 29th @ 6:32am weighing 9 # 5oz and standing 22” tall. She is a little love and I can’t wait to to watch her grow and play with her sissy🤍

09/03/2025

It was a good idea to take a break for the summer and pause on precepting for a bit. Now with fresh teaching eyes I am so excited to introduce our newest part time student! It was just meant to be the way we kept touching base and eventually Emily asked, “would you ever take me as a student?” It just felt so right to say… “Yes!” She is a dynamite lady and I can’t wait for you all to meet her. She will be joining me for clinic on Wednesdays and for 3 births a month as she is holding her mama boundaries in understanding how precious this time is with her baby girl. Please give Emily a big warm WELCOME🤍☀️🤍

Emily’s Bio✨

From a young age, I felt a deep calling to walk alongside women through the sacred journey of pregnancy and birth. After experiencing the beauty of my own homebirth and the transformative preparation leading up to it, I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to this work.

I began my path as a doula, supporting mothers and families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum in whatever way they needed most. I am passionate about empowering women to birth confidently and in their own strength. My academic background includes studying psychology at Liberty University, where I researched postpartum mood disorders! Now, I am excited to be stepping into a new season of training as a student midwife.

Alongside my studies, I’m a wife, a mother to a beautiful daughter, and a musician who loves leading worship. My heart for holistic healing and herbal remedies continues to shape the way I care for and support families.

08/27/2025

You. You and all your youness. You just fill me right up. You give so much to so many and did a beautiful job allowing me to support you when it was your turn to receive care. You took this “job” seriously. You knew growing a baby was important and you felt so responsible with each corner you navigated. Sometimes, fearful you would take the wrong turn. Then you would reach out, we would see each other and you would move forward with peace. What a beautiful journey it was. Filled with laughter and tears at each visit. You and your husband are very special folks and I hope you know how much this walk meant to me.

With fear creeping in here and there prenatally. It was expected that we may have to navigate this a bit in labor. But no. You walked this path as if you had before. You let your body lead and you followed. You let the intensity wash over you and you instinctively moved right into the waves. It was a magical day. Surrounded by magical people. Your partner was calm and strong with a patient support. Your mama was the sweetest. Attentive and loving. slid in just as baby was born to cheer you on at the finish line and .kairos.midwife and I were there to observe your strength. It felt like a perfectly constructed orchestra or ballet… it just… flowed.

It was a pure honor to witness your beautifully composed strength. Every question and every bit of work you did while pregnant showed in the way you trusted your labor. I hope you are so dang proud of yourself…

Miss Daphne Marie was born June 20th @ 11:10am right into her daddy’s hands weighing 8 # 6oz and standing 21” tall. She is a beautiful reflection of your love🤍

Thank you thank you for letting us be your midwives. Love you so much🤍

08/26/2025

Gosh. To say I am thankful for these past 3.5 years would be an understatement. You have contributed so much to this little nest and are a big reason it is flourishing. Your detailed attentive care is always appreciated. Watching you go from a baby student to a strong primary midwife has been a true joy. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this time together and all you have given to Your Nest and to every single mama.

As you slide into home, attending your final primary births, please know I am rooting for you always. Love you big🤍

As Lisa finishes her final year of school she will be attending births with a few local midwives and mainly .kairos.midwife to solidify this last stretch with fresh perspective. I am so happy for all she has accomplished and can’t wait to see how she supports this community as a licensed midwife🤍 you will likely see here around here once in a while, and so I will consider this transition a… goodbye for now. Thank you for everything🙏

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08/25/2025

I smile just thinking about this mama. She is vibrant with a laugh that makes my day. So grateful we got to regularly feel your sunshine through this pregnancy!

It was so fun getting to know you, your husband and sweet daughter. All of your eagerness to learn, is why we do what we do!

Labor started early evening and was very true to our visits. Fun:) as labor intensified it was amazing to see you crawl inside to concentrate on a contraction, then be aware and interactive as soon as it let up:) you are so strong.

Labor seemed to have an odd pattern… So eventually, we did a check and it seemed she was still a bit early. We decided to get out of the tub and side lie. Then Baby started giving us a little trouble. With some dips in heart tones. It was apparent, Baby needed to come soon. That’s all Momma had to hear to lock in, focus and give every bit of grit to get her baby here quickly. And she dang did it.

With all hands on deck, Mama worked fast and hard, Lisa was amazing with set up and was ready for anything. Then Baby came, happy as can be. She was just ready to be here and made it known!

Sweet, beautiful Anaia Ruelle was born June 15th @ 1:09 am weighing 6 # 3oz standing 19.75” tall. She is amazing, just like mama🤍

08/19/2025

Do not have the words for how grateful I am for these midwives/birth supporters/besties. Y’all are with me for the joy and the pain of this work and life and I am grateful to my very core. Love love LOVE you all! Thanks for getting us together Jenn!

08/17/2025

Some great news for Costalegre Clínica de Maternidad🤍 if you feel so led, please consider donating to this birth center that is very near and dear to my midwife heart 🤍

💛 Exciting News! 💛

We are proud to share that the Birth Matters Foundation, a U.S.-based private operating foundation, is our official partner in supporting the work of Costalegre Clínica de Maternidad A.C.
Through this collaboration, we can continue to provide safe, respectful, and community-centered maternity and pediatric care to families in the Costalegre region. 🌍

✨ If you would like to support our mission, you can now make a tax-deductible donation in the U.S. through the Birth Matters Foundation:

👉 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=L9X8AE8XSXTJJ

Every contribution helps us strengthen maternal and child health in underserved communities. Because every birth matters.

08/09/2025

You surprise me. To be honest that doesn’t happen often anymore… There’s a grit that comes with you. When you set your mind to something you just do it. Sometimes you’re mad about it. But you just… Do it. And I am in awe of how well You walked this whole journey.

I met you at a Your Nest Taco-Q and I was instantly proud of your determination for birth. You knew you were ready to be pregnant. You knew you wanted a midwife. And I could tell you were willing to work to provide your baby with your optimal birth plan.

Prenatal appointments were a blast. Connecting was easy and it seemed we fell in trust well.

When 28 wk labs came around and it was apparent that some work needed to be done to stabilize blood sugars. This was a challenge you had never been faced with before. As a first time mama, there’s never been an important reason to make sure your body was as healthy as possible. But you understood this was important for more than just you. And you might’ve been mad at it. But oh my goodness did you do the work. You completely changed your lifestyle for your baby. You made sure your body was strong and stable so that you could continue to nourish a strong, healthy baby. I can’t tell you how proud I am of that. It was no easy task, and you did it.

When birth came, it was a surprise that your waters broke first. And it took a minute to wrap your head around the fact that baby would be coming sometime soon. But after that minute, you sunk in and allowed your labor to wash over you so beautifully. With your stellar partner by your side, you managed labor almost completely on your own! And called us in time for you to begin pushing. You sunk into the pool, would have a good contraction, and then would be completely aware and smiling and interacting. It was such a fun Birth! As baby’s head started to come, your husband was in awe and it’s a moment I’ll never forget. He helped guide your baby out and into your arms. You did it. Your way. And it was incredible.

Callum Lee was born June 8th, 2025 at 9:06pm. He weighed 7 # 2oz and stood 19.75” tall. He is perfect 🤍

Parenthood will come with its own set of challenges. But don’t forget about that Mama grit. It will conquer any challenge you face…

08/04/2025

Birth is simply special with you. It’s a real honor and pleasure to have been at all, but one of your births… each story feels unique and precious for different reasons. This one was no exception…

You worked so well in your prenatal period to prepare for a peaceful birth and postpartum. She did such a great job of setting expectations learning from the past and working together as a family to feel supported while adding another baby to the mix.

She tends to Birth fast, and for those of you who have precipitous births, you understand, this can be intense and sometimes shocky. So we made the plan, even if it seemed early, to come into town and get settled at the birth center as soon as possible. When contractions had any kind of consistency they headed into town I readied the beautiful suite ‘s birth center. They arrived, we took around of vitals, and she and her husband decided to take a nap.

I went out to the front room and visited with LaMonica for a bit and when it was time to come back and check on heart tones, she had made her way to the bathroom and I could tell something had shifted. She walked out and was ready for the tub. It wasn’t long before that pushing urge built nice and strong. She eased her baby out right into her own and her husband’s hands. She sat back with her baby on her chest with that beautiful look of relief as dad looked on lovingly.

Every bit of work she did prenatally proved to support the birth she had hoped for. It was beautiful, she was so strong and poised, and I can’t help but tear up thinking about it.

Sweet baby Esther Miriam was born on June 6th at 6:09am weighing 6 # 7oz and standing 20” tall.

She’s a beautiful delight and a perfect addition to this family that now has five children🤍

It is such an honor to be your Midwife. You make me love this work and you make me feel like Family. I’m grateful forever to take these beautiful walks with you.🤍

07/12/2025

I wonder if you know how the world sees you. You have a special kind of determination. You make things that are incredibly hard look like a normal every day challenge.
You sure know how to walk out of a fire with nothing but a scrape on your knee. This world could learn a lot from you, and I am so grateful you are teaching three sweet boys to become strong, compassionate men.

You’ve had your share of hardship around Birth. Her first baby was born with left plastic heart syndrome. This means lots of high-level hospital time and multiple heart surgeries for the most precious boy. She walks through this with strength and has taught her son to do the same. It’s a special thing to see.

Planning her second Birth, she knew what she wanted and how she wanted it. And she did it. A homebirth where she was completely in control and completely at peace.

This time around, from my perspective, there was less of a “plan” and more of a… “I’m just going to do what I have to and hope for the best”. And she did it oh so well.

Labor came on fast and furious. Joined by the lovely midwife, we barely had time to set up before baby was ready to be here. Mama and dad caught their 3rd boy with a beautiful peace. There next son was in bed as a sweet witness and gramma was near. It was truly special 🤍

With a little help clearing out lungs, baby made it known he was strong and content.

At the 24 hour visit, there were some signs that transition may have been harder than he was letting on, and we decided to go in to for some observation for elevated respirations. This was a difficult decision as hospital visits for mama in regards to her babies usually mean big, hard, life and death decisions and procedures. But this visit was proof. Proof that there are care providers in our community that care deeply and do not over treat. With 24 hours observation-with babe on mama’s chest, and wonderful attentive care from the pediatric staff, babe was released. As much as we wish these things didn’t have to happen, it was truly beautiful to watch mama shed that fear. And heal a little bit from all she has gone through with such thick armor. Though a mama is always on for her children, I think she will move forward with a little less weight… it was another beautiful transition to witness. I am forever in awe of you and all that you are. Thank you for teaching me along the way as well…

Sweet baby Silas Duane was born May 30th @ 5:05am weighing 8 # 6oz and standing 20.5” tall. He is the sweetest boy and literally the apple of his big brothers’ eye.

I cannot describe how grateful I am to be your midwife. Thank you for another special journey 🙏

05/14/2025

What a ride it’s been! We’ve now walked 4 pregnancies together and they’ve all had their own beautiful little uniquenesses… from preterm, to on time (when the midwife was out of town), from quick to long. We have covered a lot of ground together.

I am so grateful to have shared so much with you. And this story is no different.

We were contacted in the night with contractions 6 mins apart. I picked up Tyana and Lisa and we headed North about an hour and a half.

We arrived to find mama peacefully handling her contractions that were picking up in both intensity and frequency. We readied the tub and she slipped in. Intensity grew and after 90 mins she was pushing. Dad woke their sleepy 5 children and they all sauntered in the bathroom giving a hug as they walked in.

These kids are all very familiar and comfortable with birth. It is so special to have them all be a part of welcoming their siblings…

Then out of nowhere, the middle girl burst into tears! I started to explain how intensity is important when bringing babies here and… she said, “No that’s not it! I’m just so scared we are not going to have a baby brother!!” We giggled a little. There was only one boy and 4 girls for this family and it was obvious what everyone was hoping for. But we always seem to get what we need the most…

Soon baby’s head was emerging. Lisa gently helped bring baby up to mama’s chest. One child asked, “what is it?” And mama exclaimed, “It’s a BOY!” The whole bathroom erupted in cheers. It was hard not to be a crying mess. This family is so special. And I’ve had the privilege of witnessing these children grow. I am overwhelmed thinking about the sweetness and togetherness of this birth. Thank you, THANK YOU for letting us be your midwives.

Mr. Owen Samuel was born March 23, 2025 @ 5:56am weighing 8 # 1oz and standing 20” tall. He is a sweet snuggle bug and everyone is in love.

Mom and dad, you are amazing. Thank you for educating your children so well and normalizing birth for them. You are truly raising the next generation of good humans.

P.S. I’m so happy you got your second boy🤍🤍