Monadnock Birth Center

01/17/2025

Dear Community,
the Monadnock Birth Center closed permanently on December 27, 2024

For midwifery care, please call
Sacred Transitions Midwifery at 978-616-7122

12/31/2024

Monadnock Birth Center is now closed permanently.

05/27/2021

11/18/2020

This is a very important story. If you've had your baby and you are feeling alone and disconnected. There is help. Reach out and ask for help.

I did not like my children when this photo was taken.
I actually resented them for existing.
Kaiden was 17 months old and Chloe 1 month, and I didn't want to be their mother.

I didn't want to change their diapers, feed them, and most of the time - I wanted to leave them in their cribs and run out the door, never to return.

I'm serious.

I know that some of your jaws are hanging open, and some of you are probably disgusted thinking, "How the hell can someone dislike their own children?". I know, its effed up, which is why it took me so long to tell anybody about it.

I remained silent and buried my thoughts. I smiled for photos and mustered false admiration when someone would fawn over them.
I cried often, most of the day actually. I questioned my sanity and constantly berated myself for being such a terrible person. I screamed, I hid, I let them cry and pulled my hair out. I didn't want them anymore. I didn't want them.
My husband didn't know. He was gone a lot, working. I couldn't tell him, he'd regret having children with me. I was alone.

One day I decided I wasn't going to get them out of their cribs. I was going to leave them there, let them cry and soil themselves. I didn't care. I couldn't care. I tried to care. I COULDN'T care.

Instead I called my doctors office. The moment my favorite receptionist answered I broke down in tears. I told her I didn't want to be a mom anymore and she told me to "Come in IMMEDIATELY". I did. The doctor spoke to me about Post Partum Depression as if he'd had this conversation thousands of times.

Turns out he had. Turns out I was one of MILLIONS of women experiencing those feelings at that exact moment. I wasn't crazy. Something was wrong with my brain. Something I couldn't fix alone.

My doctor and I fixed it together.

My kids are 4 & 6 now, and I love and adore them so much that my heart physically aches when I think of them. I would give my life for them without blinking.
Reaching out for help was the greatest gift I have ever given them as a mother.
If any of this sounds familiar to you, I just wanted you to know -- you aren't alone. You aren't crazy -- and it doesn't have to be this way. Tell someone. Tell someone TODAY. It gets better

08/18/2019

Newly pregnant? Looking for more personal care?
Hoping to start a family soon?

If you value your privacy, want the personal care of midwives, desire to know the person well who will attend you in labor, and yearn for quiet, comfortable surroundings for your prenatal visits and birth, the Monadnock Birth Center is waiting for you!

Our region prides itself on its family-friendly businesses and the Monadnock Birth Center is a star in this constellation of resources for our communities in the tri-state area.

Conveniently located on Route 10 just minutes south of Keene, New Hampshire, we are easily accessible from surrounding towns in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.

Call today for free tour and to meet our midwives!
603-352-5860 We look forward to seeing you soon!

07/13/2019

Want to try for a shorter labor? Research out of Europe shows that three weekly sessions of moderate aerobic exercise throughout pregnancy can shorten your labor – up to an hour! It can be really challenging for pregnant moms to find to exercise in the business of life! Have you found a way that works for you?

Talk with your midwife at the Monadnock Birth Center about exercise in pregnancy and about aerobic exercise classes in your area – we are here to help you have the birth you want! 603-352-5860

For more information about the impact of exercise on the length of labor, read more here:
https://www.ejog.org/article/S0301-2115(18)30096-4/abstract

06/25/2019

At the Monadnock Birth Center your midwives are with you all the way! Through you labor, your birth - and we visit you several times in the first week to help you and your baby get off to a good start. Give us a call - 603-352-5860 - and come visit us today!