Deep Roots Midwifery - Holistic Birth of Texoma

02/06/2024

01/06/2024

Well...cheese anyone?? 😂😂

Learn something new every day they said....😅😅😅

12/18/2023

Each and every family who's birth I get to be a part of will always touch my heart, this one is no exception. Thank y'all for trusting me as your family grew again. ❤️❤️❤️


"When a woman births, not only is a baby being born but so is a mother.
How we treat her will affect how she feels about herself as a mother
and as a parent.
Be gentle. Be kind. Listen."

Ruth Ehrhardt

12/18/2023

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11/07/2023

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 Time change is stupid. That's all.

10/05/2023

When I was first attending births in 1984, the obstetric model was to cut the umbilical cord immediately after birth & take baby away for evaluation & a first bath. This was based on the belief that placental blood flow would increase birth complications for babies.

Even back then, we midwives knew to do it differently. We waited until the placenta stopped pulsating—10 or more minutes—before clamping and cutting the cord. Babies did great, placentas came out readily & all was good—even if our methods were considered silly by doctors.

Times change and science has caught up. The midwives were right! We now know that immediate cord cutting, unless there’s a medical emergency that requires it, is not recommended. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends a delay in umbilical cord clamping for at least 30-60 seconds, and the WHO recommends 2-3 minutes.

The benefits of waiting include:

❣️ Transfer to baby of immunoglobulins & stem cells, which are essential for tissue & organ repair
❣️ Extra iron for baby, which has been shown to prevent deficiency in the first year of life
❣️ Possible reduced risk of hemorrhage & easier placental delivery for mom

While jaundice can develop from delayed cord cutting due to this influx of blood, this type of jaundice is not usually a medical problem. Baby will naturally clear this excess iron by pooping. Your midwife or pediatrician will keep an eye on baby over the first few days to make sure it’s clearing. The benefits of delayed cord cutting are more profound for baby than the risk of this jaundice.

Unfortunately, immediate cord clamping/cutting are still common practice in hospitals. You have to let your midwife or doctor know that you want to wait, with baby tummy to tummy on you, while you do. I recommend bringing this up with your care provider in advance to ensure that they are on board to do ‘delayed cord clamping and cutting’. Get specific with exactly how long you want baby to be connected to the placenta.

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09/23/2023

When you get that sweet post body work nap. I'll be forever grateful to Ke Kino Institute of Healing for sharing the wisdom that's helping me to serve my clients in such a more integrated way to include bodywork as a way to add ease the early newborn and postpartum days. 💗

09/17/2023

Accurate

09/03/2023

Say it louder for the folks in the back. 🙌🙌

07/24/2023

I think it was Brene Brown who told a story about a village where all the women washed clothes together down by the river. When they all got washing machines, there was a sudden outbreak of depression and no one could figure out why.

It wasn't the washing machines in and of themselves. It was the absence of time spent doing things together. It was the absence of community.

Friends, we’ve gotten so independent.

We’re “fine” we tell ourselves even when in reality we’re depressed, we’re overwhelmed, we’re lonely, and we’re hurting. “We’re fine, we’re just too busy right now” we say when days, weeks, months, and years go by without connecting with friends. I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine. It’s so easy to say even when it’s not true.

We’ve become so isolated and it’s hard to know how to get back. It’s so hard to know how to even begin to build the kind of relationships our hearts need. And I think In our current culture, it’s just not as organic as it once was. It's more work now.

Because you know, we have our own washing machines. We don't depend on each other to do laundry, or cook dinner, or raise babies anymore. We don't really depend on each other for much of anything if we're being honest.

In Brene Brown’s book Braving the Wilderness, she says that being lonely effects the length of our life expectancy similar to smoking 15 ci******es a day. I don’t say that to freak anyone out, but to let you know that the longing for connection is LEGIT. I think we’ve treated friendship like a luxury for far too long; friendship isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity.

We don't want it. We kind of need it.

Be independent. Be proud of it. But be an independent woman who realizes the value and the importance of opening the door to other good women.

You can do it alone, but you don't have to. Islands are only fun for so long.

There is true magic when women come together and hold hands and share ideas and share stories and struggles and endless bowls of salsa. You use your gifts, and I'll use mine, and then we'll invite that girl over there who brings a completely different set of skills to the table we are building, and we'll watch together as something miraculous unfolds.

Love,
Jess & Amy

(Yes, we know this post has gone viral after being copied and pasted on other pages, and that happens. It’s sad, but it is the internet, so we understand, but rest assured, we wrote it first. It is such a special piece to both of us and we would LOVE if it got shared from here. Y’all are the most amazing community ever.)

07/21/2023