Stay Awhile Midwifery, Saratoga Springs, UT (2026)

02/05/2026

I saw a post by about the amount of time on average an OB spends with a client during prenatal appointments as well as how many appointments people have on average. My jaw dropped when the TOTAL amount of time spent with clients was on average 1 hour 17 minutes their ENTIRE PREGNANCY! Friends! That is only 17 minutes longer than our average time for just 1 prenatal visits!!!
But why does this matter???
✨During our visits we are getting to know you & your whole family including partner, house mates, pets, & other kids. This is a huge event that will impact everyone, it’s important we all know each other before the big day.
✨Whole person care! You and your baby’s vitals are important, but only tell half a story. How are your stress levels, sleep, mental health, etc. What are your thoughts & questions that keep you up at night? We have time to talk about it all. You are more than just your vitals & we always put emphasis on that.
✨Establishing trust and a friendship/relationship is crucial if we are to enter one of your most sacred spaces & walk along side you as you bring your baby here. This is also important when times come where we have suggestions or interventions that might be needed. Trust is needed when sailing is smooth or when the sea gets rocky. We love that many of our clients become friends for life.
✨We have time to not only answer any & all questions you have, but to do some educating along the way. We love when clients bring things to us that they want more research & knowledge on. Because, for reals, you hired a bunch of birth nerds, we love research & sharing what we know. If we don’t know it, give us a day & we will know it soon!
✨You get to know that you have this time & our undivided attention. Sometimes the going is lonely or isolating, knowing that your providers will be over to talk about whatever can be the light at the end of a dark tunnel. At appointments we have helped with cleaning & cooking, entertained kids, talked books, cried together about difficult experiences, & always do a lot of listening. These appointments are for you & individualized to meet your needs. It’s ok, we have time. 🖤

02/03/2026

Why do we love having students at our practice?
Because we all start off as students and we need more midwives in this world! Having students in our practice and teaching them will one day lead to more incredible and capable hands in the community birth setting!
Obviously it’s always up our clients if students are invited into their birthing spaces, and we know that having a student present isn’t the right choice for every individual. But here are some things to know!
First, when you’re a student, it means the world when clients invite you into their birth spaces and allow for learning. Our students have so much gratitude and love for the clients they serve. You really are helping making competent and skilled future midwives who will one day change the world.
Second, our students are always working under and through us. We don’t leave them as your sole care provider, we are always there with them, teaching, guiding, and catching anything they may have missed.
Having a student doesn’t equate less Teryl and Kalli presence, and in many cases it allows for us to do more for you along the way!
Third, having a student helps us to stay organized. Though there are births where we all sit on our hands, there are also births where all hands need to be on deck, and in those births we find so much gratitude for the student who is helping get supplies, keeping our chart up to date, and making things go more smoothly.
Fourth, you still ALWAYS get to consent or decline teaching moments. Just because a student is present doesn’t mean you have to say yes to the request of a more hands on student moment. As per the first note, it is of course appreciated, but your say will always be the final say!
Lastly, with students at births with us, it can allow for a bit more hands on. We can never replace a good doula, but having 3 sets of hands rather than 2 does provide occasions when we can provide more of that hands on care since we have extra hands doing the midwifery work as well!
It’s always good to meet the students at appointments, you never know, they may become some of your favorite support people in your birth and pregnancy experiences! 🖤

01/29/2026

Did you know that one of the best ways kids can process events is through play? This is one of the reasons we love including your older kiddos in our appointments and encourage them to play pretend around giving birth, prenatal appointments, etc. As they go through appointments and begin bringing play into the processing, their brains start to really wrap around the idea of pregnancy and birth and what their reality looks like. If your kiddo doesn’t quite understand or get it yet on their own, these are a few fun ways to encourage this processing:
—Play midwife with them and let them help get your baby (stuffed animal or doll) out or you help get their baby out
—Talk about different noises we make in labor and make them together, giggling while you do it
—Read books about homebirth and nursing! There are so many out there with great illustrations and concepts
—Get or make them a doctors/midwives kit! Have things like a Doppler, stethoscope, herbs, and even an IV in there that they can pull out and play with leading up to the birth and even during it
—Watch birth videos together, see how they respond to these, if they aren’t seeming okay with it, even when you talk them through it, having them in your birth space might not be something they are ready for, this should give you a really clear idea on where they are at
—Find dolls and stuffy toys that give birth for them to continue imagining with. Even just getting them a baby doll can go a long way in preparing them for big sibling life
At the end of the day, remember that play isn’t nothing, in fact, it might be exactly what your kiddo is needing as they prepare for their entire lives to change along side yours.

01/28/2026

What you think you pay midwives for: A homebirth

What you actually pay midwives for:
✨ The midwifery model of care which basically means that we trust you and your knowledge of your body and baby and pair it with our knowledge about birth, creating a care style that is unique to each individual person and family and that centers the pregnant parent in ever decision being made.
✨Evidence based care that is up to date and well researched. If we can’t explain our “why” for something then we need to go back to the drawing board.
✨ Prenatal and postpartum appointments that are in your home and last upwards of an hour or more as needed. Appointments where we check in on the whole person, not only vitals and on baby. And appointments that can include any and all family members and support people.
✨Consistent and easy communication, no leaving voicemails and waiting hours or days to get back from someone who hasn’t even met you and doesn’t know anything about you. We make ourselves available via text and phone call as needed as much as we possibly can.
✨Lower intervention care. This doesn’t mean no intervention, but what it means is that if there needs to be an intervention it has been well thought through and there is evidence of it being necessary and helpful. Any interventions are also discussed previous to being done and informed consent must be given.
✨Safety, we know when a hospital transfer is needed and a higher level of care is required and we know when you and your baby are safe to continue at home. When a transfer is needed we go with you the entire way and stay until your baby is in your arms. You don’t lose your team no matter the birth place.
✨Protection, as in taking care of our most vulnerable communities. We love our transgender families, BIPOC families, and immigrant families. Your safety is our top priority. We know that in order to be safe midwives for all families, we must be safe midwives for the most vulnerable families and parents.

So, though we love our homebirths, midwifery care is about so much more than that. You hire us for everything listed above and more. We do this work for everything listed above and more, for you.

12/30/2025

Oh what a year it has been. Thank you for being on this journey with us and allowing us to support you in your pregnancy and birthing spaces. It’s an honor and something we don’t take lightly!

12/21/2025

Yule was beautiful this year. As community gathered to eat and craft together, connections began occurring. You could hear laughter throughout the space frequently and babies cooing in their parents arms. Then we moved into a circle to share birth stories. And in these stories that were told, healing occurred, laughter and tears were spilled and felt, and every story found its space to be heard.
Thank you to this community and our incredible clients and friends. We are truly blessed to be there for you during one of the most sacred and powerful moments of your life. Blessed Yule to you all and happy holidays!

12/09/2025

Can we just for a second talk about how empowering births can occur anywhere? Obviously we love being home, we are homebirth midwives after all. But this last week we attended two hospital births, one planned, one a change of plans. And both? Incredible, empowering, earth shattering, brought tears to my eyes. One was very physiological, no interventions, hardly any staff ever, they even let me catch knowing I’m a homebirth midwife. The other, utilized tools that were needed, made hard but correct choices, fought with all their might, and had a beautiful va**nal birth right as things were looking like they were turning a different corner. Both brought tears to my eyes, gave me the feels, empowered the women who were birthing, and changed the lives of everyone in the room. Both had much if not all of their birth plans honored. Both lucked out on really incredible nursing staff and midwives who worked with us rather than against us. And I know, I do KNOW that midwife/doula presence and lucking out with incredible hospital providers were two keys to the beauty and success here. But I had to share, because it breaks my heart when a hospital transfer is called a “failure”, neither of these births were failures, they were just as big of a win as other homebirths I’ve been a part of. And why? Why were they so incredible? Because they left two mothers and empowered. In very different ways and on very different paths, but empowered nonetheless. And when it comes down to the nitty gritty, empowered births are what we really are all about. Birth always has its own path and plan, and it is a success when those in our care can walk that path any direction it takes and make to to their baby feeling empowered and cared for the entire way. What a gift it is to us to see that come to fruition even in spaces where some don’t think it to be possible.

11/18/2025

Let’s talk food and water in labor! Whenever we are discussing early labor, we really push great nutrition and hydration in early labor, but why?
✨First, early labor is going to be the best timing for hydrating and getting good nutrition because you’re least likely to be feeling icky and your contractions are the furthest apart they are going to be.
✨Early labor can also last the longest of all the stages and phases of labor, specifically if this is the first baby your body is having. We are talking 24-48 hours in some cases. If you’re not eating well for 1-2 days you’ll feel the impact, more severely if you’re laboring that entire time.
✨Your body is working so hard!! Seriously, you may not be super impacted by early labor, but your body is, and by the time you’re in the thick of active labor you’ll be grateful you gave your body the fuel that it needs.
✨Labor can give you wonky contractions if you’re not hydrated or nourished enough. We have literally seen an IV change the way a labor is going for the better. Our bodies struggle to contract normal and well without proper hydration and nutrition and it shows. Your muscles are working every contraction, muscles need support!
✨Eating and drinking frequently don’t just provide support for pushing, but they can actually lessen nausea! Sort of like in the beginning of pregnancy, we need water and good protein to lessen the nausea and vomiting even when it’s the last thing you feel that you want in those moments.
✨Drinking water also helps your baby with amniotic fluid levels, this is especially important when water is broken and consistently leaking.
All in all, we see a huge difference when our clients hydrate and eat frequently throughout labor. We always suggest figuring out a good high protein snack you will eat when you’re not wanting to eat anything. We also really encourage eating a high protein and carbohydrates rich meal at the beginning of labor when you’re less likely to have no appetite or feel nauseous. If you can sip and snack every other contraction, you’re already headed in the right direction, because we really do see these things reduce the need for transfer later on.

11/17/2025

In honor of Kalli’s baby turning 4, enjoy some of our favorite moments from her labor and birth. That 18th photo has our hearts though, you can feel the joy and bliss of that moment. Every tear, every contraction, every ache and pain, all felt worth it in that moment her baby came into her arms. 🖤
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11/15/2025

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, our Yule event is here! This is by far our favorite event we host annually! If you birthed with us or were pregnant with us in 2025, join us for a cozy night filled with delicious food, birth stories, and a simple craft. We are so looking forward to gathering with you beautiful humans for a wonderful night!
If you weren’t in care with us for 2025 and wishing you could be here, take this as a sign to be next year ;)

11/14/2025

Sometimes babies come into our arms through our belly rather than va**na. Whether this was planned due to known complications or a surprise due to unknown complications, it can be a really beautiful way to bring your baby into the world.
Typically when we think of cesarean birth, we envision a birth where we loose autonomy and choice, but this doesn’t have to be the case. You can request and advocate for different things that can make your experience more supportive and comfortable including:
—Having your arms free and ready for newborn snuggles
—Immediate skin-to-skin for optimal bonding
—Lowering the drape or a clear drape to view the birth of your baby
—Music playing that’s comforting to you
—Requesting no shop talk amongst the staff
—Vaginal seeding to be done by staff or your partner after baby is born
—Delayed cord clamping (best results I’ve seen come from requesting a lotus birth and later “changing your mind”)
—Having your partner or support person present and then requesting they follow your baby if they must go to the NICU
—Having it photographed by either your partner or doula
I always encourage clients to write an A, B, and C plan, the C plan being C-section plan. We always want to think it won’t be us, but sometimes it is, and when it is, having a plan you’ve thought through can make all the difference.

11/13/2025

Absolutely feeling the love with these kind words flooding in from so many beloved clients and families. We feel honored to serve such incredible human beings and that so many of you end up becoming family.
After looking at these kind reviews, Teryl and I conversed deeply, both expressing joy and peace and gratitude that this is our work and these are our people. It is an absolute gift.

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