With Woman Midwifery Service

With Woman Midwifery Service Brande Ruskusky, Certified Nurse Midwife providing homebirth services in the Peoria and surrounding

11/23/2025

Rural hospitals are closing Labor & Delivery units… and everyone acts like moms will
“just figure it out.”

But babies don’t wait an extra hour so you can make it to the city.
Complications don’t pause because funding ran out.
Women shouldn’t be giving birth in cars, gas stations, or ERs with no OB staff.

We say we “support families,”
yet we shut down the very places that bring those families into the world.

You can’t claim to value life while making it harder and more dangerous to bring it into the world.

Small town moms deserve better than
“Sorry… hope you make it in time.”

Felicity Delight 🎀 Oct 31st, 20251:01pm8lbs 10oz21 1/4in Needless to say, we’re all obsessed and grateful that’s she’s f...
11/04/2025

Felicity Delight 🎀
Oct 31st, 2025
1:01pm
8lbs 10oz
21 1/4in

Needless to say, we’re all obsessed and grateful that’s she’s finally here!

11/01/2025

Have extra milk you’d be willing to donate? DM Your Doula Marcia Mattern

Prenatal Yoga classes held at Soulside Healing Arts in Peoria. In alignment with our mission of accessibility, classes a...
10/21/2025

Prenatal Yoga classes held at Soulside Healing Arts in Peoria. In alignment with our mission of accessibility, classes are pay-what-you-can and open to anyone at any stage of pregnancy. Classes are held Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm.

The classes are led by myself, Hannah Ramlo. I have certifications in prenatal yoga, trauma-informed yoga, and postnatal yoga, and deeply enjoy holding space for those moving through this transformative time. Please see attached flyer for more info and a testimonial.

Interested individuals may email me- hannahramlo@gmail.com or Soulside's Executive Director, April Foster- info@soulsidehealingarts.com with any questions.

09/23/2025

The American College of Nurse-Midwives affirms acetaminophen, also commonly known as Tylenol, remains a safe and effective option for relieving pain and reducing fever during pregnancy when used as directed. Ongoing research and expert reviews continue to support its appropriate use, and pregnant individuals can feel confident using it in consultation with their midwife or other healthcare provider.

09/23/2025

ACOG reaffirms the safety and benefits of acetaminophen use during pregnancy.
More than two decades of research have found no causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children. Acetaminophen continues to be an important and safe option for managing pain and fever in pregnancy—conditions that can pose serious risks to pregnant patients and their fetuses if left untreated. Learn more about acetaminophen use during pregnancy: https://bit.ly/4mqIzWr

08/10/2025

I'm offering a new service! If you're wondering what to expect when it's time for baby to come or unsure about labor, delivery and the postpartum period, consider joining my Childbirth Education class. It's a 3 week series  starting September 11!

Don't hesitate to ask any questions!

06/21/2025

Starting on June 12, join us for a new online support group: Eating Disorder Support for Moms and Birthing People (Pregnancy to 4 Years Postpartum) 💙

This virtual peer-led support group is designed for moms and birthing people in the perinatal period (from pregnancy up to 4 years after birth) who are currently experiencing or have experienced eating disorders. No formal diagnosis is required to join. We welcome individuals navigating all forms of disordered eating, including restrictive patterns, compensatory behaviors, overexercising, obsessive over food and body thoughts, rigid thoughts and beliefs around food and body, excessive concerns about health, compulsive body checking and weighing, constant food noise and distressing thoughts about body.

Whether you’re considering recovery or have been in recovery for some time, you are welcome here. Together, we share stories, resources, and encouragement—with the goal of reducing isolation and building hope. In this group, we will not share the details of eating disorder behaviors, share specific numbers (like weight), or make comparisons.

We recognize this group is during lunchtime and we encourage you to nourish yourself during this time. However, this is not a meal support group and we ask that you eat and drink off camera.

View the schedule and register at bit.ly/FindSupportGroup

“What does it mean to walk as a Midwife?Well first my love, you better grow thick skin. The purposeful propaganda that s...
05/25/2025

“What does it mean to walk as a Midwife?
Well first my love, you better grow thick skin. The purposeful propaganda that started centuries ago is still strong today. Walk in a room and say you are a home birth midwife and watch what happens. Projections, reflections, traumas, and ignorance. You will become a mirror. Remember to reflect back love and grace for you represent the thin veil between life and death. You will grow to know it well.
Being a midwife means gentle hands and whispered tones even when your heart is beating loudly in your ears and you haven't turned off your vigilance for hours/days. It's a full bladder, dehydrated mouth, and growling stomach that gets pushed aside because your presence means something.
Midwifery is stopping a hemorrhage that people don't even know is happening because youre smiling and cooing at the baby to keep up the oxytocin.It is sitting on a living room floor helping a baby cry while telling everyone, "Oh my goodness look how cute she is! Her color is getting so pink! Her heart is so strong." It is sometimes being the voice in the room that says, "I think you would benefit from an epidural." Then at the next birth you are nodding along as a woman cries she can't do it as you guide her to the tub because you know her baby is arriving soon. It is jumping for joy at that first latch and each ounce of baby weight gained.
It is knowing that these truths will be seen as sacrilegious to some and not "true" Midwifery. Then on the other side, you will have people shocked that you know how to take a blood pressure and amazed that you understand how to manage emergencies. You will not win over them all. You have to accept this.
It is knowing you are not God and you humbly submit to the understanding that you will never predict or control it all.
It is missing date nights and apologizing that you have to keep getting up to answer the phone. Saying no to activities you so desperately want to do but there is no cell service and a baby is arriving soon.
But mostly, its hearing the voice in your head saying after each moment with a mother, "If that is all I ever did, it is more than enough. This is what it means to work for the Divine" - San Juan Midwifery

So honored to be with this strong Lady through 3 of her 4 births! 😘Gave birth to this chonker 24 hours ago. 8 lbs 14 oz....
03/06/2025

So honored to be with this strong Lady through 3 of her 4 births! 😘

Gave birth to this chonker 24 hours ago. 8 lbs 14 oz. Biggest baby yet, but he baked longer than all the others. Jonah Robert-Atlas Seckler❤️❤️

Shared for Mallory CurtisISO breastmilk! Vaccine free please. My son was born with some breathing struggles and has a ha...
03/04/2025

Shared for Mallory Curtis
ISO breastmilk! Vaccine free please.
My son was born with some breathing struggles and has a hard time latching.. he has struggled to gain weight so we moved to fully bottle fed and i am pumping but starting to not get enough & i dont have much left in my freezer. 🫶🏼 I am located in Peoria but would be willing to travel.

Christen CharletBaby #2 is here and a GIRL! 💕🤍 Born safely at home Monday night with a much quicker labor than last (th...
01/22/2025

Christen Charlet

Baby #2 is here and a GIRL! 💕🤍 Born safely at home Monday night with a much quicker labor than last (thankfully!) Thank you for all your prayers!!!

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