Matrescence by Diana

01/06/2026

📣 PSA: due to a very busy birth & personal schedule this month, there will be no in-person meeting of Western Wisconsin Cesarean & VBAC Support Group for the month of January! I hope everyone had a safe & healthy New Year!

01/02/2026

Remarkable!

Best of Penn July 2025: After learning about Penn Medicine’s uterus transplant program, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health nurse Sara Leister (right) decided to donate her own. Emma Dolezal, born without a uterus, received Leister’s and gave birth to baby Olivia. Earlier this month, all three met each other for the first time to celebrate the life-changing transplant.

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12/31/2025

It’s time to make my annual “year in review” highlight reel!

If you have a birth photo you’d like to submit for inclusion, please text! ALL types of births featured ✨

12/31/2025

So exciting to have a functional medicine practice right here in Menomonie! Located just off Stout Rd. near the CVTC campus

🌿 Introducing Wildflower Wellness Center 🌿

At Wildflower Wellness Center, we believe the body has an innate ability to heal when it’s given the right support. Our approach gently blends modern science with natural medicine, focusing on the root cause of imbalance—not just symptom relief.

We offer whole-person care including:
🌱 Functional primary care
🌱 In-depth lab testing to guide personalized healing
🌱 Gut health & digestive support
🌱 Hormone balance
🌱 Stress & nervous system support
🌱 Nutrition counseling
🌱 Personalized wellness plans
🌱 Chronic condition support

📍 In-person visits in Menomonie, WI
💻 Virtual care available in WI & MN

✨ Not sure where to begin?
We invite you to schedule a FREE discovery call—a gentle first step to explore your health goals and see if this approach feels right for you.

🌼 Learn more at wildflowerwellnesscenter.com

12/30/2025

“She believed she could, so she….”

🌙Healed the story she was telling herself about her c-section

🌙Controlled the controllables while letting go of the rest

🌙Expanded her capacity to do hard things

🌙Allowed herself to be vulnerable to WHATEVER this birth might hold

🌙Stopped trying to control the outcome

And only THEN— she did.

A belated HAPPY VBAC to this family🤍

“Attachment to the outcome disrupts the process; devotion to the process improves the outcome.”

12/29/2025

A snowy good morning from TruLiving Birth Center! And shout out to the snow removal folks for keeping walkways safe and clear for expecting families ❄️ Menomonie got 9” yesterday!

12/26/2025

📣Calling all oversuppliers

A local family just welcomed their 4th and mom is reliant on donor milk to feed their babies due to IGT. She is already on HM4HB but just casting a wide net. Please lmk if you can help!

12/25/2025

Seasons Greetings from my family to yours! Rang in Christmas with none other than a beautiful birth this morning✨

I want to thank the many clients who have sent such sweet holiday cards to my office, even those from Boston and Rhode Island who continue to do so all these years later. It is so uplifting and amazing to see those doula babies grow!

Consider this our Christmas card, I’m never organized enough to get them printed and mailed! Wishing you all a safe and joyful holiday— see you in the New Year!

Pictured: myself (left), Bennett (8), my husband Mike, and Miles (now 4)

📍Pleasant Valley Tree Farm (Colfax WI)

12/24/2025

Nothing like a cozy water birth next to the wood burning stove on a quiet winter’s day❄️🪵🔥

After two long prior homebirths, client had a lot of hard work and muscle memory in the bank, but wanted this experience to be different. More support in labor, more guidance on positioning, more feelings of being capable to tackle the labor placed in front of her.

We talked about strategies to help this baby navigate the pelvis more easily, how sometimes the things that seem to make contractions pick up or intensify— the things we want to avoid — are EXACTLY what we need to lean into, and mental strategies for staying *with* our sensations when things get hard.

When the time came, this third birth was much shorter and more manageable, not least due to client’s readiness to attack things differently.

She dove headfirst into every contraction, chasing the intensity needed to get her baby here. Never backing away or trying to stay comfortable— knowing that keeping things managable is not the goal, or how progress happens.

For several hours we worked lunges and other positions to get baby through the midpelvis.

A few good pukes and trips to the bathroom later, client ran straight into the birth pool and started breathing this baby down!

Not long thereafter, this little one came swimming out, happy as a clam to meet his parents— so alert and talkative!

Client guessed baby’s weight accurately down to the ounce, and her husband announced the surprise gender!

Client laugh-cried as she realized…

They now had THREE (3) boys 😂

Challenge accepted! Please join me in congratulating this sweet family on their newest roster addition, just in time for the holidays 🌲 Happy 3rd Homebirth!

12/19/2025

👏 Twin Cities Midwifery

Last week, Hennepin EMS partnered with Twin Cities Midwifery to conduct hospital transfer drills as part of the national Step Up Together initiative.

These exercises help paramedics and midwives practice seamless transfers from community birth settings to hospitals. By strengthening communication and collaboration, we’re building a more integrated maternity care system—ensuring patients receive timely, coordinated care when every second counts.

12/16/2025

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