Heritage Birth Service

03/24/2026

It was a great night to welcome a handsome 8 baby boy. He wasted no time joining his big brother and sisters.

03/21/2026

03/17/2026

Today was a good day to be born. Welcomed a 6 baby girl this afternoon.
Sometimes baby’s plans are different than ours. Thankful for doctors when we need them.

03/17/2026

It was a great day to welcome a beautiful 8 baby boy. He was in such a hurry to join his big brothers and sister that he didn’t wait for the midwife.

03/13/2026

Home Birth is safe.
🏥>45% less likely to have an unplanned caesarean
🧑🏾‍⚕️>50% less likely to have an instrumental birth
💉70% less likely to have an epidural
👨🏻‍⚕️55% less likely to have an episiotomy
🤰🏿>40% less likely to have a 3/4th degree tear
🏥>40% less likely to have labour augmented (sped up with a hormone drip)
🦠70% lower rate of infection
🩸less likely or no more likely to have PPH (excessive bleeding after birth)
👶🏼As safe as hospital and birth centre births for babies (adverse outcomes in less than 1% of births)

03/12/2026

“You’re 9–9.5 cm… there’s just a little lip.”

If you’ve ever heard this in labour, your provider was likely talking about a cervical lip.

A cervical lip happens when most of the cervix has dilated, but a small section hasn’t quite moved out of the way yet.
Instead of the cervix being fully open, there’s a small edge of tissue still sitting in front of the baby’s head.

It’s actually very common near complete dilation.

Why does it happen?

Often it’s related to baby’s position and pressure on the cervix.
If the baby’s head is slightly off-center, one part of the cervix can dilate slower than the rest.

Sometimes it can also happen if someone starts pushing before the cervix is fully dilated, which can cause swelling of that remaining piece of cervix.

The good news: most cervical lips resolve on their own.

Things that can help include:

• Changing positions to take pressure off the cervix
• Side-lying or exaggerated side-lying positions
• Hands and knees
• Waiting a little longer before pushing
• In some cases, a provider may gently reduce the lip during a contraction

Once that last bit of cervix moves out of the way, labour can progress very quickly.

So if you ever hear the phrase “just a little lip left” during labour, it usually means you’re incredibly close to meeting your baby.

Had you ever heard of a cervical lip before?
Or did it come up during your labour?

03/09/2026

It’s was a great day to welcome a 6 baby boy with a full head of hair. This little guy kept us guessing all week, but made his debut right on time.

02/26/2026

It was a great morning to welcome a handsome 9 baby boy!
A truly redemptive HBAC for mama. All she could do was cry and repeat “I did it!”

10/21/2025

It was a great day to welcome a beautiful 8 # baby girl! She joins her two big brothers who are so excited to meet her!

10/14/2025

Know your rights. Advocate for yourself. Your birth is yours.

10/03/2025

It was a great day to welcome a beautiful 9 baby girl! A redeeming second homebirth for mama, with a surprise gender reveal- the test said it was a boy.