Dec 3, 2024

Sarah & Charli talk about management of the placenta, called the third stage, and cutting the cord in a home birth. They get a little more into the nuance of what’s happening naturally with the placenta after the birth of the baby and how clients and midwives can work together to help birth the placenta and, when the...

Nov 19, 2024

There are a lot of misconceptions about meconium, or baby’s first poop, when it comes to safety in birth. Does meconium always mean there has to be a Cesarean? What is the problem with meconium, anyway? Why do babies pass meconium in the womb? The midwives answer all these questions and more in today’s...

Nov 5, 2024

Charli sits down with beloved Hearth and Home clients, Mariana and Kevin.  Hear from them about how they decided that homebirth midwifery care was right for them with their second pregnancy, the impact that the midwifery care model had on their birth experience, and the exciting story of their homebirth under our...

Oct 22, 2024

On today's episode, Sarah and Charli talk about the role of oxytocin in a physiologic birth, how to increase oxytocin, and how homebirth encourages oxytocin to be as high as possible.

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Oct 8, 2024

In today’s episode, Sarah and Charli talk about something that seems to be darn near impossible: getting the heck out of the hospital after you’ve had a baby, especially after a transfer from midwifery care. We go over why it’s difficult, what we think informs that, and how to figure out what’s right for you...