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The Woman's Way

Midwifery and Birth Services
Womens Care
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Well Child Medical & Health

01/14/2026

Birth story from the amazing

December 24th, 2025
The birth of Nolan Banks Sherrill

I’m so grateful to have experienced the birth that I had always dreamt of. After having an unplanned csection with my first born, I was determined to have an unmedicated water birth with my second. God willing.

Around 11pm on the 23rd I started to feel light pressure in my lower back but it wasn’t consistent enough to convince me that I was actually in labor. After about an hour of on and off lower back pain I decided to have my husband do counter pressure to help alleviate some of the pain I was having. 12:30 or so, we decided to call the midwives to let them know I was having surges about 10 minutes apart. At this point Blaine started a bath for me and I labored in the bathtub until about 4:30am when my surges were about 5-6 minutes apart. That’s when we decided to head to The Womans Way. Once we arrived there I instantly knew I wanted to labor in the shower until I was ready for the birth pool. (Warm water was a game changer as labor progressed).
I switched to the birth pool at around 7am where I continued to labor there until I gave birth at 10:49am.
While I respect modern medicine and the need for medically necessary cesareans, I also believe that women were created to give birth. My body knew when to start pushing without having to be told and without thinking about it. The urges overcame me and that’s ultimately what brought my sweet boy earth side.🤍
Nothing compares to the euphoric feeling of laying your baby on your chest for the first time. There’s no way to describe the relief and satisfaction of looking at what your body just spent 9 months nurturing and growing. 🥹Simply the best feeling in the world.

The care that I received from the ladies at The Womans Way during labor, and those sacred hours postpartum was immensely comforting.

01/11/2026

Birth story from our amazing mama

✨ 🤰🏻 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 ✨

𝘖𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 4𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘈 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 🤍 𝘛𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 🥹💖 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 ✨𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 🤍 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 🥹

12/26/2025

Christmas Day brought two baby boys 🤍🎄
On the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we witnessed the miracle of new life and supported two families welcoming their sons.

12/04/2025

A beautiful evening last night with The Woman’s Way team at our yearly Christmas party. Coming together reminds us how supported we are—by one another, by our loved ones, and by the community we care for every day. 🎄🤍

11/26/2025

Support. Sway. Surrender Your body was designed to move through labor, and the Birth Sling offers steady support so you can follow your own rhythm.
Lean into what your body is telling you. The Birth Sling is a tool we have to support you in your birth space 🌿

11/12/2025

Each birth unfolds in its own way — beautiful, raw, and chaotic all at once. It’s been an absolute honor to support you through this sacred journey. Below, Taylor shares her powerful home birth story.🤍✨

Taylor’s Home Birth Story
2 hr 51 min labor 🤯
I was 41 weeks exactly when baby girl made her appearance. Friday morning, I woke up around 4:00 a.m. with cramping. (I was in labor, but I’d had so much false labor that I was sure that’s all it was.) I just went back to bed.
At 4:30 a.m., I was waking up every 5–7 minutes, so I decided to stay up. I took a shower to help me relax and see if they would go away — I even had Eric get ready for work. In the shower, they started coming every 3–4 minutes and were more uncomfortable, but I still wasn’t convinced.
I told Eric I’d make myself some breakfast, and if they didn’t go away, I’d call. Well… I didn’t even get started on breakfast before they became more painful — about 2–3 minutes apart — so I called at 5:20 a.m. I still wasn’t entirely sure it was labor (silly me, right?). I felt unsure because my water still hadn’t broken. My midwife was sending everyone my way regardless, since they knew how fast I gave birth to my son.
My husband started preparing everything, and my mom came to take my son to my grandpa’s before heading back to help Eric finish setting up. I tried to go fix my hair and look halfway decent — and then it hit. I called my midwife back at 5:30 a.m., certain I was in labor. Contractions were 1–2 minutes apart and very painful (transition labor).
My first midwife, Emma, arrived at 6:20 a.m. When she got there, I wanted to get checked since my water still hadn’t broken. On the way to the bed, another contraction came and POP — my water broke (around 6:36 a.m.). I said forget the cervical check and just wanted to get in the pool.
Lainey, my nurse, arrived just as I was getting in the pool at 6:39 a.m. Almost immediately after getting in, I had the uncontrollable urge to push. Eric was ready to catch the baby, and my mom stayed holding my hand. I pushed her head out, and Emma quickly noticed her shoulder was stuck. She acted fast, having me try a couple of maneuvers, but the water in the pool wasn’t quite high enough, so it was time to get out.
I was definitely panicking by this point — baby’s head was out, but I was still in so much pain and unable to get the rest of her out. As I climbed out of the pool, my other midwife, Jess, came through the door and rolled up her sleeves. When I climbed out, my pelvis opened just right, and baby came right out into Jess’s arms at 6:51 a.m. ❤️ She cried immediately and was perfect in every way.
After I got out of the water, Mom went to grab Gregory so he could see her right away. He got to help with everything after that — measuring, weighing, listening to her heartbeat, and even learning all about the placenta. I can’t get over how grateful I am that my birth team made him feel so important and involved. I hope you all know it meant the absolute world to him. 🥹💙
The birth did not go how we planned it…
She came a week late, it was a confusing start to labor, my water didn’t break until 15 minutes before she was born, Eric couldn’t catch her, it was much more painful and taxing than my first birth, we experienced some shoulder dystocia, and I was not able to stay calm during the delivery…
But it was still beautiful. It was our raw, beautiful, and chaotic birth — the story of our stubborn second-born. ❤️
It happened at home, where we were meant to be, where things were calm and peaceful — and I wouldn’t change any of it. Because here I am, at midnight, laying next to this sweet ball of beauty, listening to her quick breaths, tiny grunts, and sleepy giggles… and I’m right where I want to be — somewhere between pure bliss and absolute peace. ❤️🥹

11/09/2025

Birth culture is changed one mother, one birth, one family at a time. Sometimes it can feel quite hard when you choose to birth in a way that feels outside of the cultural norm. Maybe you don’t have friends or family who have ever chosen to birth in a similar way that you would like to. Maybe your parents or in-laws are not supportive or are fearful. Maybe your community outright says you are brave, but not in a positive way.

Do your research, find a supportive provider, find a like-minded community, and most of all trust your intuition. No one knows your body or your baby better than you do.

As a midwife myself I have taken a considerable amount of time to slow down and envision who I want to allow into my sacred birth space. I’ve prayerfully considered who will surround me with peace, love, knowledge, skill, and trust in birth. Choosing who enters your birth space is one of the most impactful decisions you can make.

I’ve also been intentional about the time it takes to mentally prepare for my own birth. I have walked into hundreds of birth spaces to support women, and yet that does not mean I am prepared for my own birth journey. If I hope to bring my baby into the world surrounded by love and peace, then I myself must do the work of mental preparation for the intensity of labor.

11/03/2025

Many times we hear from second time mamas that they thought they needed to have their first baby at the hospital to prove that their body could do it, but then the experience was much different than they expected and unfortunately, often end with some birth trauma.

This first time mom is welcoming her baby into the world peacefully, surrounded by love. Our bodies can do it, you don’t have to prove it to anyone before choosing the birth setting that feels right for you and your baby.

09/19/2025

Midwife Heidi at her first home birth full of joy says “It felt like everything birth should be ✨ “. Midwife Brenda and nurse Amanda also supporting this family during their peaceful home birth.

08/08/2025

Coming soon….👀😍

08/04/2025

The rare occasion that there are 3 midwives at a birth!

Fun fact: Brenda, Eva, and Jess all worked together back in 2016 when the Woman’s Way team was just the three of them, and before Jess and Eva became midwives! This birth brought on major nostalgia.

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Birth is the foundation for our families and communities. God created women’s bodies to naturally deliver babies in most instances. Midwifery is biblical. It is defined as “with woman;” while some clients may require minimal interventions, there are other clients who require more. Each mother’s birthing experience is unique. Education in midwifery has not only empowered midwives to guide moms through their pregnancy and birth safely, but it has also provided midwives the knowledge and skills to assess expectant mothers for complications.

It all begins with birth; the woman’s way through God’s hands.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well. -Psalm 139:13-14