Little Hollow Midwifery

07/03/2025

BIG UPDATE!

Little Hollow Midwifery is moving to East Providence, Rhode Island!

It feels bittersweet making this post and sharing with clients that I will be leaving Oklahoma. I am excited for my midwifery journey to continue in Rhode Island, and I am leaving the place I have called home for so long. I will miss the big big sky, the red dirt, and the storms that roll in without warning and shake you awake from your sleep at night. Most of all I will miss the midwifery community and clients. A big thank you to everyone who has allowed me into your homes and sacred birth space during the transformative moments of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Please never hesitate to reach out with questions or updates about your growing families; I will always be a resource and advocate for you!

01/15/2025

✨Pictures from the birth of baby T - BIRTH✨

Oh how I love this photo! Mom’s look of relief of having her baby in her arms, and her partner’s gentle reassuring touch. What a beautiful moment.

🫶🏻 Always so appreciative of for providing a sacred space for families to bring their littles Earthside

🫶🏻 Big thanks to for assisting with this birth and holding space with me

01/15/2025

✨Pictures from the birth of baby T - LABOR✨

Oh how we love a dreamy birth tub picture. In reality, this mom stayed in the tub for about 10 minutes before declaring she hated it and wanted out 😂.

Instagram is really good at painting a picture of what labor and birth “should” look like, with the tub and the twinkle lights, etc. But your birth story is exactly that, YOURS. Let it be raw, let it be vulnerable, let it be unique, let it be yours. No matter what your birth story looks like, I hope you find it beautiful 🫶🏻

01/15/2025

Bittersweet final visit with this cutie and her warrior mama who had a beautiful HBAC (home birth after cesarean) back in December. I’m so impressed with you F family 🫶🏻✨

10/07/2024

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10/07/2024

✨Family-centered Newborn Exam✨

One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to facilitate a family centered newborn exam. My goal is to explain each and every tiny detail I notice about them, and to explain every touch as I give them a full check up. Having a parents hands on baby during this exam can be quite helpful as baby knows their parents touch and voice better than anyone else’s. It can soothe them and help regulate their nervous system, as well as encourage parents to ask questions when they are up close and personal interacting with the newborn exam.

10/04/2024

Earlier this week in the wee hours of the morning, this fierce client of mine brought her little one into the world. As a midwife, it is one of the coolest things to witness not only the birth of a baby, but the birth of a 🌷Mother🌷

❣️Big thanks to for assisting with this birth and holding space alongside me. Your wisdom and knowledge is so truly appreciated 🌞

❣️Big thanks to for filling such a critical role in our community for families that need a peaceful space to birth.

04/12/2024

✨THE BIRTH STOOL✨

I love utilizing the birth stool during labor! Not only does it get the client in a supported deep squat position, but it also really helps baby engage and descend in the pelvis and on to the pelvic floor. It’s a great alternative to the toilet 🚽 which many midwives will call ✨the dilation station✨. I also will suggest it for clients who are starting to feel “pushy” to try a few contractions here. The same muscles we tend to use while on the toilet are the ones that help with pushing a baby out, so getting in a familiar position for using those muscles can be helpful to get acquainted with the sensations. Some people love this position to push their baby out, but often I will suggest getting off once we start to see baby coming down, mostly because we do see slightly higher rates of tearing in this deep squat position. So some clients will get into hands and knees or back in the tub for birth.

Did you utilize a birth stool during your labor? Did you love it? Hate it?

Lovely photos by:
Beautiful badass birther:

12/08/2023

🐝 COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS 🐝

2024 Availability: I still have a spot or two open each month next year, so book a consultation via my website to chat about home birth or birth center birth!

January: full
February: 1 late due date
March: 1 early due date
April: 2
May: 1
June: 1
July: 3
August: 3

I take between 2-3 clients a month so that overlap of births is rare, and also so that I can give ample care to each of my clients, while also making this work sustainable for myself.

Speaking of sustainability…Fees increase: you may notice on my website that I have increased my fees for midwifery care. The global fee will now include standard labs and medications during pregnancy and for baby. I will still be offering stackable discounts for repeat families, BIPOC families, and an early pay discount.

11/12/2023

This client came to me in her third trimester after her OB had said, no she couldn’t have her daughter at her birth, “childbirth is no place for children”. Fortunately she had a knowledgeable and supportive doula who encouraged her to explore her options. During our consultation, when she asked me if I would be okay with her daughter being present for her birth, I said “absolutely!” Birth is a family centered event, and you should be able to choose who you want in the room with you, including your older kiddos if that’s your desire!

I couldn’t be more happy for this family! This mom prepped her older daughter about what sounds she might make during birth, that there might be some blood, and had a support person for her so that she could step out of the room when she felt bored or needed a snack.

Congratulations C family! We love seeing clients advocate for their desires and for older siblings to see their baby siblings be born. The more we normalize birth for children, the less scary and mysterious it becomes. The more they recognize the power of their parents and the power within themselves.

09/16/2023

07/28/2023

🩸28 week labs🩸

Let’s talk about lab work at 28 weeks gestation. Usually at this visit we are drawing blood for two things - the gestational diabetes screen and a CBC (complete blood count). So what’s so important about these lab values?

Gestational diabetes (GDM) screen: during pregnancy, the placenta makes a lot of extra hormones that the body isn’t used to. One of which (human placental lactogen) causes cellular resistance to insulin, making it more difficult for the body to move glucose out of the blood and into the tissues where it can be used. For most people, their body compensates by increasing insulin production, but in about 6-7% of people, the body does not compensate, and gestational diabetes (GDM) occurs. It’s also important to note that about 50% of people diagnosed with GDM have NO symptoms, which is why it’s so important to screen, and why providers need to check their biases 🤔

Why do we care? Uncontrolled GDM can put folks at higher risk of poor outcomes for parent and baby. Specifically birth trauma, newborn hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), and newborn respiratory distress.

Fortunately, blood glucose levels respond almost immediately to dietary changes, exercise, as well as stress reduction. The midwifery model of care allows midwives to spend the extra time discussing nutrition and stressors to help come up with a care plan to manage glucose levels.

CBC (complete blood count): during pregnancy, blood volume expands by 30-50% (holy moly amiright?). However, red blood cells take a little extra time catching up (this is called hemodilution) which means the blood is made up of mostly plasma. Red blood cells are responsible for carrying the oxygen in our blood. We expect a body’s oxygen carrying capacity to be the lowest at 28 weeks, and then the red blood cells to start catching up from there. A CBC can tell us what the body’s oxygen carrying capacity is and if we need to supplement to boost it. It also gives us information on the body’s platelet count and white blood cells.

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