Local Care Midwifery Blog
A blog created to share information from Local Care Midwifery, PLLC with women and families of New York’s Capital District and beyond.
LCM Stats 2018
Here are the 2018 LCM stats and Michelle's musings
Milestones: 30th Anniversary
This year is a year of anniversaries, of major milestones. For me, 2019 marks 30 years of marriage, 20 years as a licensed midwife, and 10 years of having my own practice, Local Care Midwifery. And today, is the first of those milestones -the 30th Anniversary of marriage to my beloved, Kevin Doyle.
KMD listed as provider at Bellevue
Since early September 2015, I have had admitting privileges at Bellevue Women's Center in Niskayuna, NY. And as of today, I am listed on the website. Yay! There is a new push in the marketing team to get things 'cleaned up'. One of the side effects of this is that I am now have a provider profile that...
Baby Abigail Grace Update
Update on Baby Abby
Eight Days. Five Babies.
Babies babies everywhere and not a minute to mention. Since Thanksgiving Day, LCM and yours truly have attended five births. All lovely home births as planned, with healthy moms, thriving babes, and all relatively efficient. Thanks abound for every bit. The baby blogs will be appearing shortly on the Home Page of the website and...
“Nobody Told Me About That! The First Six Weeks” Book Launch Party
I did a Thing! I wrote a chapter for a book entitled 'Nobody Told Me About That! The First Six Weeks'. Come celebrate with us on Sunday Dec 9 from 3-5 PM. We will have books for sale, pens at the ready for me to sign said books, a fire in the fireplace, some hot...
LCM’s 9th Birthday!
Today is Local Care Midwifery's 9th birthday and the beginning of our 10th year. Can you believe it? Our doors open 8/3/2009 and the first LCM Baby was born just a few weeks later. Now we are up to 254!
Midwife on vacation 2018
As a midwife in private practice, I am almost always on call. From the time any client is within three weeks of her due date until she births, I am at the ready. That means that I always am within earshot of my phone, my Apple-watch strapped to my wrist, that my gas tank is...