Count it all JOY midwifery

05/09/2026

Don’t miss out on a massage at the office with !!! Calming music and diffuser oils in this little office feels like the best 💜💜

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

Welcome to the office! This is where we do your prenatal and postpartum visits!

I strive to keep a comfy, cozy atmosphere for my families, you’re home away from home 💜

Now offering vibration plate and red light therapy sessions for those aches and pains, while we visit! Does not take the place of a healthy diet, stretching/exercise, and your chiropractor 😉

Can’t wait to see you again 🥰🫶🙌

05/09/2026

Is it even possible that we’re already into January for the birth roster?! Get your couple spots in soon! Almost full! Nothin wrong with a little ‘late to care’ mama now and then ;) I’m lookin at you September mama! 😅

05/05/2026

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05/02/2026

Results of the First Ever Study on Paleo Diet in Pregnancy⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Now this is a SMALL study and not a clinical trial, but the observations on the impact of a paleo diet in pregnancy are interesting nonetheless.

Glucose Challenge Test
The group eating a paleo diet had significant lower scores on the glucose challenge test, which is used to screen for gestational diabetes.

Anemia
The paleo group also had less anemia (as noted by significantly higher hemoglobin & ferritin levels).

Weight gain & birth weight
In addition, pregnancy weight gain and baby’s birth weight were lower, on average, in the paleo group. Unlike the glucose test and anemia, differences in prenatal weight gain and birth weight were not different enough to reach statistical significance (they were healthy, on average, in both groups).

No other differences were noted, including no difference in adverse neonatal outcomes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

The author’s conclude:

“These results may indicate the favorable nature of this diet during pregnancy, and may even become more substantial in women prone to gestational diabetes.”

04/26/2026

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/possible-link-between-rsv-vaccine-during-pregnancy-and-health-problems-study-6015564?src_src=rtnewsnoe&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2026-04-25-2&est=jXsCKbGF%2FBPt22rq6%2Fh3p%2BkD9VDRf7HvuJNEnYSDYPuQTrATWcVltcHqtuNr1tMSf%2F72

The vaccine is made by Pfizer.

04/15/2026

There is a time and a place for iron supplements in pregnancy, but not everyone needs supplementation.

In fact, studies are now showing that supplementing with iron in replete patients may actually cause HARM.

Why?

Iron is oxidative.

Higher ferritin and iron levels are consistently associated with higher GDM risk in both cohort and case-controlled studies.

Cut offs range from 45 – 100 in studies, with first‑trimester ferritin persistently above ~50 ng/mL, and especially above ~70–80+ ng/mL, being associated with higher GDM risk later in pregnancy.

💥Cohorts with higher average ferritin (means ~65–77 ng/mL) carried a ~2-4x higher risk of GDM

💥A large (2025) Chinese cohort found “high” ferritin defined by quintiles; median first‑trimester 57.7 ng/mL, with GDM risk rising steadily across quintiles

💥Meta-analyses show women with GDM have higher ferritin/iron and that GDM odds rise with ferritin; each 5 µg/L ferritin increase raised GDM risk by ~2–3%

💥Across cohorts, longer‑term iron doses >30 mg/day, especially ≥60 mg/day in early and mid‑pregnancy, typically raise GDM risk by ~30–130%, with larger effects when women are already iron‑replete (high/normal ferritin or Hb).

Testing ferritin in first trimester is crucial to prenatal care, let's start adding this to our prenatal screenings.

Studies:
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37324369/
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31932742/
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39885420/
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40313887/
👉🏼https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8180699/
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32755052/
👉🏼https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34019623/