Trinity Midwifery

01/30/2026

✨NEW BLOG ALERT✨

At the Edge of Creation: Science, Life, and the Question We Must Not Avoid
IVF Egg Rejuvenation, Cesarean Expansion, and Artificial Wombs Through the Lens of Evidence, Ethics, and Faith

We are living in an age where science no longer merely supports life—it increasingly seeks to engineer, extend, optimize, and relocate it.

In just the past year, three scientific developments have captured global attention:
1. Human eggs “rejuvenated” to improve IVF success
2. The continued normalization and expansion of cesarean delivery as a dominant birth method
3. The successful use of artificial womb technology to sustain extremely premature infants

At the Edge of Creation: Science, Life, and the Question We Must Not Avoid IVF Egg Rejuvenation, Cesarean Expansion, and Artificial Wombs Through the Lens of E

01/30/2026

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Why Evidence-Based Care Is So Hard to Access in the United States
Fear, Litigation, Control, and the Illusion of Safety

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other nation in the world. We have cutting-edge technology, extensive medical education systems, and access to more published research than ever before. Yet many patients—especially pregnant and birthing people—report difficulty accessing care that is truly evidence-based, individualized, and supportive of their informed wishes.

This contradiction raises an uncomfortable question:
If the evidence exists, why is it so hard to receive care that actually reflects it?

The answer is not a lack of knowledge. It is not that providers are malicious, uneducated, or uncaring. The barriers to evidence-based care are structural, legal, cultural, and deeply human. They are rooted in fear of litigation, a societal need for control, and an illusion of safety created by intervention and regulation.

Why Evidence-Based Care Is So Hard to Access in the United States Fear, Litigation, Control, and the Illusion of Safety The United States spends more on healt

01/28/2026

01/26/2026

01/25/2026

With informed choice, I’ve successfully completed gentle external cephalic version for 3 clients with breech babies. Most midwives do not do these due to risks and limited training and tools.
Trinity has ultrasound available to help guide this process of gentle encouragement with hands for unrestricted babies.

01/14/2026

It's common practice in the US for people to be told that babies should be "back to birthweight" by 2 weeks...there are some things to know about this:
~ research supports the norm that babies should be on their way back to birthweight within the first week and back to birthweight by 10 days...so if one waits until two weeks, there is already going to be a delay in intervention.
~ If someone has IV fluids in labor, the baby's birthweight will be elevated artificially
~ if a baby isn't already on the upswing with weight gain by day 5, it's a good idea to schedule a consultation with an IBCLC to figure out what is happening with latch and suckle, as well as milk supply
~ too often, when babies need to gain weight, instead of recommending that a parent start pumping to give their milk to a baby (and see a lactation consultant), parents are just told to add in bottles of formula, which doesn't help with milk supply nor support a parent's goal of breastfeeding their baby.

What to know? Go ahead and schedule a feeding consultant with a trusted local IBCLC for day 5, 6, or 7 of baby's life...why not get reassurance or get earlier intervention when needed? If all is going very well, delay the visit a few days and reassess.

Did you see an IBCLC and get help within the first week of your baby's life Earthside?

01/14/2026

01/08/2026

High-quality systematic review finds no value to "admission strip" CTG.... "Routine admission CTG in low-risk term pregnancies demonstrated no improvement in maternal or neonatal outcomes... These findings support current recommendations favouring IA [Intermittent auscultation] over routine admission CTG in low-risk pregnancies..." Full text at https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.70047 Or as Henci Goer says "Just say no to routine CTG"... https://hencigoer.com/just-say-no-to-routine-continuous-fetal-monitoring/