Big Valley Midwives

08/20/2025

Brooke and Lucinda took turns being off call so we could each have a summer vacation. After a relaxing summer of visiting family, attending live performances, playing in the rivers, lake hopping, soaking in hots springs, camping, and stargazing both midwives are now rested up and back on call.

08/09/2025

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the very first birth I attended. It was a precipitous VBAC at home. The image below was taken by a (unknown to me now)professional photographer who captured my very first 4 handed catch at a birth at home for a first time mother. It was the tenth birth I attended. Happy Midwiferversary to me 💕

07/05/2025

Did you know that Anthem BCBS is the only major insurance company that does not cover lactation care with IBCLCs? This needs to change! If your family has Anthem insurance and you have used IBCLC care in the past - or plan to do so in the future - your letters are needed to convince Anthem to cover lactation care!! All you need to do is write a quick email saying:

* You are an Anthem insured
* You have used and value IBCLC care in the past - or plan to do so in the future
* You demand that they contract with IBCLCS so that you can receive expert-level care for you and your baby!

Two IBCLCs are spearheading this effort and are meeting with Anthem execs soon. Send your email ASAP to: kristin@milkguide.com

07/03/2025

This is for all the mothers who chose home birth after their last baby was born in the car on the way to the hospital or in the parking lot at the hospital or in their own driveway trying to get into the car to go to the hospital.

05/22/2025

If you have an excess of breast milk supply you can help save lives by donating your milk. I look forward to the future when human milk donation will be just as common as donating blood. It’s such an important valuable resource in saving newborn lives.

Thanks to our donors, we are able to provide safe, high-quality milk for babies in the NICU.

Become a Milk Hero - Begin your 5 Easy Steps to Donation
1. Register Online at UCHealthMilkBank.ucsd.edu
2. Complete Brief Questionnaires
3. Participate in Phone Interview
4. Sign Consents & Medical Release
5. Complete Blood Screen

One donation CAN make a difference. Every ounce counts!

05/11/2025

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day ladies!

05/10/2025

We get to have Mother’s Day two days in a row this weekend! Happy Mexican Mother’s Day today. Treat yourselves 🥰

05/08/2025

We are going to be at the Whole Earth Festival in Davis this weekend, May 9-11 and would love to see you there! We are doing our Harmony Farewell Tour and will be closing our family business in 2026. Please come out and see us and celebrate Mother’s Day!

Also- First person to show up with a tie-dye carrot shirt that Brian made, wins a free shirt of Brian’s choice. You collectors out there dig deep in your collection. 😆🥕👩🏼‍🌾

05/08/2025

Yummy drinks for local fundraiser!

Maternal Mental Health Week will culminate in a fundraiser at .cj in Modesto! One in five new moms experience a mental health complications. If you buy one of these drinks Friday through Mothers Day, 10% of the proceeds will go to 2025 fundraiser!

04/21/2025

If you have a job and you are lactating please consider taking this survey from the California Breastfeeding Coalition.

Please click the link to complete this form.

03/08/2025