Kristy Wilson Midwife

04/05/2026

Blessed Easter from my family and team 🌸

We are on Spring Break and soaking in intentional time together.

This season has been about practicing what I so often encourage others to do—stepping back, creating space, and being fully present with the people who matter most. Slowing down isn’t always easy, but it is good.

We will be available for scheduled appointments and limited on-call hours through May. I have intentionally taken a significant decrease in on-call clients this year to be more available for my own family during this season.

There are a limited number of homebirth openings remaining for September through December. Visit HarrisburgMidwife.com to send a request for consultation.

Wishing you and your families a peaceful and joy-filled Easter 🤍

04/01/2026

Kristy’s Availability Update

With just one repeat client due at the end of April and a planned family vacation in May, Kristy will have reduced availability over the next two months.

For clients with May due dates, trusted backup midwives are in place to ensure continuous care. During this time, Kristy will be available by appointment only. We are still accepting clients in September and later for birth services. Reach out at Harrisburgmidwife.com to set up a consultation.

Thank you for your understanding as she takes this intentional time for family and rest.

04/01/2026

Faith arrived in just a few hours weighing 2 lbs more than her older brother weighed at birth. A few years ago, this Mama labored for days at home before transferring for augmentation of labor and a grueling labor. Today, she is enjoying the experience of a redemptive homebirth and labor process. Faith is a thumb sucker already and so beautiful. Daddy weighed her twice to confirm that she is 9 lbs 1 ounce of pink cuteness. The best thing about homebirth is tucking the family into bed and knowing they can get the rest they need.

04/01/2026

3rd time client…. And I am 0 for 3. First babe was premature and we went to the hospital. Second babe was in labor at the same time as another client and she got a backup midwife because I couldn’t be two places at the same time. Third baby was lightning fast. This April 10th baby came into March like a little lion.

03/29/2026

This is just one reason why the cost of a doula is what it is. I found it sustainable as a doula to take no more than 1-3 clients per month depending on my family’s needs. It took longer to decompress after a hospital birth than a homebirth. It was a game of sorts to be prepared for anything and all the potential curve balls. It was also a challenge physically to provide the support needed for a longer birth with interventions and the associated fear response that would likely entail. And the birth was usually just half the equation because the other half was postpartum trauma as the parents’ choices and family rights were challenged and I received texts and frantic calls until the family was discharged. I found myself holding my breath until they were home. Doulas work is hard.

I have the utmost respect and love for doulas. Doulas work tirelessly for their clients often to their own detriment.

The emotional cost of doula work inside hospital systems can be astronomical. Hospital-based doula work (most births are in hospital) often becomes unsustainable because doulas are repeatedly exposed to trauma, coercion, and preventable harm. It’s not about doulas being “too sensitive”—it’s about the system itself producing situations that are emotionally injurious to anyone who witnesses them regularly.

This aligns with what many doulas describe:
**witnessing disrespect
**seeing consent being ignored
**watching unnecessary interventions
**supporting families through fear-based care
**absorbing the emotional fallout of obstetric violence

03/15/2026

Another Saturday birthday! Pretty sure I have been at births more Saturdays than not this year. First homebirth - waterbirth - for this family after a cesarean with their first and a vbac at the hospital with their second. I am honored to be part of their story and have the privilege of midwifing this sweet family. I have truly watched them grow from two to five. ❤️

03/01/2026

Another March babe who wanted a February birth date! When his mama calls, I drop everything and run because she is usually waiting to push as I walk in the door. This was her first daytime birth with me. I arrived just before 2pm and he was born just 18 minutes later! Mostly born into mama’s arms, I helped nudge his 15.5 inch shoulders out with just a gentle touch. This gentle giant is much loved and wants to be held by his brothers and sisters - most of whom I was blessed to midwife as well. In fact, this mama was my VERY FIRST Pennsylvania client who hired me for her second pregnancy when I still lived in Nevada and was moving home. I met her in person just 2 days after I arrived in PA in 2018. And like that, some clients feel like family. ❤️

03/01/2026

Some mamas have to work way harder than it seems fair but the then reward is felt more strongly as well. That is Elizabeth’s story - much desired, much loved, and very much deserved. I was blessed to help this family enter the world of parenting, get to know them over the past 8 months, and see them grow into it with such loving grace. Elizabeth was gifted wonderful parents.

03/01/2026

We had a few babies jumping in line ahead of others this week. Our first March baby arrived first this week! Jonah’s birth was a waterbirth at home with his mama being so calm with a supportive husband to guide her. When fast transitions occur in birth, the intensity of the experience is often a lot for mom to handle and we find ourselves as midwives supporting and encouraging her while she holds her perfect baby. She knew exactly what to do - from giving me a heads up, to when to call me, and how to birth her babe.

02/18/2026

It was an early morning birth for us today. After a birthday celebration for Niamh, she assisted me at this birth. I treasure these experiences of my daughters growing up learning to respect birth and serving new families. This family and I met quite a few years ago now when I was invited to be their midwife for their first baby. Soon after, it was their second that I attended as well. And now, I was blessed to help this family welcome their third sweet babe into their arms. He was initially a vocal little guy and voracious nurser who didn’t need any assistance figuring out how to get his milk. As we left them, he was extremely content and looking around him l with amazing alertness. We arrived home as the sun was starting to appear and rearranged our day to get some sleep. Only one more February baby remains to decide a birthday.

10/02/2025

He’s here! I had the honor and privilege of catching a second grandchild. Naomi and I assisted Lauryn & Harrison as they welcomed sweet Remus on Monday, September 29th. He weighed just 9 lbs 10 oz and wanted Grandma & Auntie Midwife to help him out with his nuchal hands and a shoulder cord a bit in the way.

Midwifery can be an all-consuming calling, as it should be. The emphasis on women’s rights and feminism has robbed women of the gentleness, softness and need for support and sympathy that we inherently have and should show each other. For most of us who are called to midwifery we are first and foremost mothers simply wanting to help others to also become and experience the fullness of mothering. The feminist and woman-powered twist on midwifery is a delusion. Through our weakness we are used to bring life into this world. In our hardest moments of labor, women deserve a midwife to be there to remind her that she has the strength and courage to selflessly welcome her baby.

I have no greater honor in this life than to have developed a relationship with my children that they call me when they need me, trust me to be there in their times of needs and welcome me to be part of their adult lives and families.

We are thankful for this beautiful child.
Remus Michael Kirk Healy, we love you.