Midwifery

Local Care Midwifery Given ACNM Best Practice Awards

Local Care Midwifery, PLLC Awarded ACNM Best Practice 2017 Annual List Recognizes Labor, Birth and Perinatal Outcomes Troy, NY, May 24, 2018 – Local Care Midwifery, PLLC was recently recognized as a Best Practice 2017 by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Best Practices are recognized for outstanding clinical and resource utilization outcomes, as well as for meeting nationally established benchmarks. The “Four Core” Best Practice designation acknowledges ...

By |2019-03-05T14:31:06-05:00May 25th, 2018|Health, Home Birth, LCM News, Midwifery|
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The mess of home birth

“Home birth? I wouldn’t have a home birth because of the mess. Yuck!” For years, decades really, I have heard similar comments. In the early 1980’s, when I first heard statements like this, I was confused: I had seen of lot of planned home births and they weren’t particularly messy. (But, toddlers eating spaghetti? Now that is messy!) Then I saw my first hospital birth. And ...

By |2019-03-06T18:00:00-05:00March 23rd, 2018|Home Birth, Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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Touch

Touch, it is our earliest and our most communal sense. Whether we are a floating embryo, a tumbling toddler or a middle aged midwife, we all sense touch. Even if we are blind, or deaf, or deprived of the sense of smell or taste, we still know touch. From Bali to Bahrain, touch is both sanctioned and regulated by religion and culture. Human greetings are made ...

By |2019-03-06T18:05:05-05:00March 16th, 2018|Breastfeeding, CranioSacral Therapy, Health, Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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The Improvisational Dance of Baby Catching

Over forty years ago, when I was a kid in Missouri, I would walk from Hixson Middle School, over to Webster Groves High School to attend modern dance classes. Some of the dances where tightly choreographed, some were looser, improvisational. In dance class and after school practice sessions, I studied movement, memorized steps, and sequences. More importantly, I learned to pay careful attention to the moment, ...

By |2020-11-18T11:20:25-05:00March 2nd, 2018|Home Birth, Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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Crowd Sourcing

Have you ever been a first time parent? Have you ever lived with a newborn human? If so, I am curious how you dealt with visits from family and friends in those first weeks after your baby’s arrival. Also, I wonder how you balanced your needs for privacy, getting help, being independent and staying sane. Here are the questions: What was helpful? What decidedly not helpful? ...

By |2019-03-06T18:25:29-05:00February 9th, 2018|Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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2017 by the Numbers

2017 Numbers A new year is here, 2018. Like many of you, I find myself simultaneously looking forward and looking back. What did I do last year? What should I have done? What should I have left undone? What will I do this year? What should I do? What should I leave undone? As one year ends and another begins, I look over my ...

By |2019-03-05T08:10:25-05:00January 19th, 2018|LCM News, Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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Death Comes For Ellen

My friend Ellen is dead, cremated, memorialized. Ellen was my friend and colleague. She was also a mother, wife, daughter, sister, cousin, midwife, student, employer, client, mentor, QIVC member, MANA DOR Director of Database Development….the list goes on and on. Ellen was and still is important in the lives of many people. Ellen was and still is loved by many, many people. In the wake of ...

By |2019-03-06T18:45:49-05:00November 18th, 2016|Midwifery, Midwifery, Mothering & Me|
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Katherine Michelle Doyle, MSN, BCST, CNM, NYS LM, FACNM

Michelle Doyle loves what she does. Since 1983, she has safely attended over 1300 births, and been present at thousands more. Michelle gave birth to her three children at home, attended by her own midwife and mentor Vicki Wolfrum, CNM.

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