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.
Welcome to the World!
LCM Stats for 2015
Information on Local Care Midwifery's practice outcomes for 2015 as calculated by MANA Stats Project.
Midwifery, Mothering & Fish Chowder
This dish is warm, healthy and satisfying, kinda like good midwifery care. Hope you enjoy.
LCM Planned Home Birth Stats for 2014
Since the beginning of Local Care Midwifery, I have participated in Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Statistics project and the American College of Nurse Midwives Benchmarking. Here are the 2014 stats.
Interoception: A Gift for the Holidays
In this crazy and chaotic season, be sure to take a moment for your self
Love It is the little things
The idea of Love is so big and so overwhelming some times: Where does it come from? Where does it goes? Would life be worth living without it? How can we love a second child, or a third, or a fourth? It is merely chemicals, like oxytocin and endorphins, in a lovely soupy mix? While I can ponder the Big Things with the best of them, for me, love is in the little things.
October Skies
As a child (and especially as a melancholy pre-teen), October always seemed the saddest month. Now, as an adult and a professional midwife, October holds many tales.
Midwife That is what I am, a midwife
Several years ago, I started blogging on Albany.com. When my website was overhauled, I moved my Midwifery, Mothering and Me blog to this site. Some of my favorite posts are still on the Albany.com site. In honor of National Midwifery Week, here is an oldie but goodie. Hope you enjoy this short post.
Keeping It Clean
People ask me all kinds of questions about home birth, midwifery, my background, my equipment, my personal philosophy, my experience... But to this day, no one has ever asked how my surgical instruments are cleaned and sterilized.
