Wonderfully Made Midwifery

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Wonderfully Made Midwifery

Providing certified, professional home birth midwifery services to the Olmsted area and surrounding counties

11/02/2025

'Not having the capacity to speak many words, 'I'm pushing' escaped my mouth. Although I wasn't pushing- my body was pushing. I had a ten second break before the next surge, and immediately after that, another surge. Suddenly, my water broke and....'

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10/01/2025

'I got out of the shower and walked the short thirty or so steps to the now fully filled birth pool in our living room. My plan was to just walk around the room - I still wasn't convinced it was time to get in the pool. But as soon as I reached the living room....'

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09/01/2025

"When I found myself being led upstairs to the birth tub, I was almost in disbelief of what was occurring. I thought there was no way I was this close to having my baby - surely there must still be a lot more painful labor to come before getting into the tub. I was fearful of getting into the water too early - but I trusted my birth team. Once the warm water wrapped around me, my contractions stalled. I didn't have a single contraction for nearly 30 minutes...."

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08/01/2025

'Before I could make it to the living room, my contractions beckoned me to my hands and knees. I had planned to wake my husband peacefully, but here we were. All the commotion and labor sounds brought my hubby to my side as I begged for his strong hip squeezes and counter pressure. We staggered back across the wood floor together, step by step, surge by surge- we HAD to get to the phone to call our midwives. by the time we finally reached the phone...'

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07/11/2025

🚨Free event + mocktails🚨

Come have a conversation about homebirth with the gals that know the ins and outs the best. This event is very casual and any and all are welcome. We chat about safety, the midwifery model of care, skills we bring to the table, and so much more! Looking forward to seeing you there!

06/01/2025

I had been laboring for over 24 hours and I was hitting my wall. My birth team remained steadfast in rubbing my back, relaxing my shoulders, and whispering sweet nothings in my ear in-between contractions. And my husband's hands were squeezed with the entirety of my soul. I pressed my forehead against his as he graciously made me giggle amidst the short seconds of rest. It was extraordinary how calm the environment was in the midst of such extreme physical exertion. Peace still saturated the room like a heavenly fog. God's design for birth was illuminating itself. I reminded myself, 'This is normal. This is good.' just when I felt like I couldn't labor any longer......

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05/01/2025

'Endless position changes, counter pressure on my back, and a heating pad wrapped around my abdomen, I was hitting a wall. I asked for another cervical check by 8am, and no progression had been made, I was (still) 8cm with my baby not descending. My coping skills were out the window, and I couldn't have felt more defeated. I was asking to go into the hospital. I didn't want to do another contraction.......'

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04/26/2025

📢Exciting news📢
In case your algorithm didn't show my stories, I'm creating a monthly email newsletter of full length homebirth stories starting with mine. If you'd like to hear about this little peanut's birth story, join my newsletter! The first issue will be released May 1st!

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01/29/2025

📢 FREE EVENT 📢
Come chat with the midwives about homebirth! We treat this event like a big free consultation where we go through safety, insurance coverage for midwifery care, the midwife model of care versus obstetrics model of care, and what we offer as homebirth midwives. If you've ever just wondered why women would be choosing to have their babies at home, stop by! We have lots of insight on just that!

This event is for anybody! You don't have to be pregnant to come learn about different options in maternal health care!

01/08/2025

Her 6th was particularly challenging with an OP presentation, which resulted in greater complications that began to make her subsequent pregnancies and births managed against her wishes of induction and epidural pain management. With baby number 9, she desperately desired something different, enough to go against mainstream medical recommendations and birth this baby in the comfort of her own home.

With weeks of prodromal labor, back labor, and an atypical contraction pattern, all signs were leading us to yet another OP positioned baby. Her biggest fear.

When I recommended a circuit of positions using the peanut ball to help her baby rotate her baby out of OP, you could feel the tension in her body. A similar but different approach was made with her 6th that ultimately led her down a path she didn't want. 'You can trust me. I believe this will work and you will meet your baby soon.' I said.

As we completed the last position in the circuit she said, 'She's rotating! I can feel her coming down'.

Most times, birth asks us to face our fears and to conquer them. To write a new story. To bring redemption and healing to our brokeness.

11/04/2024

'I just want you to know, I'm this close to tapping out' she said after finishing another contraction. 'We hear you. I know where you are at' I said, trying to bring comfort to her words. 'When is she coming though?' she said back. This is the hardest question for birth workers to answer as any stage of labor can take any length of time, especially for first time momma's like her. 'I wish I could give you a time, but I can't. What I do know, is you are making progress.'

After a nice shower and soak in her tub, she came downstairs and her voice started giving hints that her body was beginning to push. 'She's coming' she said with a wide look in her eyes. 'She's coming'.

With each surge, she brought her baby closer and closer. 'Can you just pull her out already' she asked, to which her husband laughed and said 'It's not like a claw machine, honey'. The husbands always say the most curious things in such intense moments.

As her baby was brought to her chest, she was immediately transformed into a mother. Everyday of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy she endured disappeared. Everyday of uncomfortability in her changing body slipped away from her mind. Every contraction that controlled her sensations was gone. She had received her prize. Her beautiful little girl.

10/30/2024

It felt like we were watching a love story that was getting richer and richer with every surge that came through her body. She had been 10cm for 3 hours now, still waiting for an urge to push that never came despite a slew of positional changes. Her and her husband found themselves in the shower together working through contraction after contraction. Not long, we started to hear those low sweet sounds that you only pick up on when you are in birthwork. Her body had started pushing.

As a birth team, we decided to wait patiently in the hallway as they continued to report progress of their baby coming further and further down. We felt the need to keep their focus on each other, with her husband encouraging her and guiding her pushes. We decided to trust the design women were created to do rather than managing and meddling in the oxytocin loop they were in together.

Soon, the hot water had run out and was turned off, but she continued her progress by squatting in the shower. Women quite commonly find the smallest space available to birth their babies, despite the beautiful birth space she had set up in her living room she had decorated weeks before.

As her babe came closer to being born, we stepped into her space to encourage her further. To conquer the impossible. Her husband's hands were the first to hold their sweet boy as she went from maiden to mother and brought her babe to her chest.

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Rochester, MN

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+15079935215

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http://wonderfullymademn.com/

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