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Let's Gather!

Hello, Dear Friends! We’re going to take a second stab at hosting our reunion after getting stormed out last Friday! This time, though, we’ll be gathering on Sunday afternoon/evening, September 29th, from 4:00pm, right here at our house! We’ll start a fire toward dark for those who’d like to linger ♥ If you’re a client, you know where we are! If it’s been a while, just text me for our address!…

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A Woman Twice My Age

Thirty years ago this morning, filled with my own baby, I perched precariously upon the edge of a surprisingly little bed as a woman twice my age birthed her 11 pound, 2 ounce baby… I sat there and breathed with her as she squeezed my hand with all of her might… Two months later to almost the day, the woman’s oldest daughter gave birth to her first baby as I breathed with her and held her…

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Mom! I've Been Thinking!

Mom! I’ve been thinking! Four words I’ve heard more times than I can count… Four words that’ve greeted me at doors, roused me from sleep, disrupted our homeschooling schedule, and interrupted my own train of interesting thoughts… Four of my very favorite words ever ♥   And so Paul’s doing a thing! He’s wrestled a universe to life from his great many thoughts—a universe with a kaleidoscope of…

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Legacy

legacy /ˈleɡəsē/ …the long-lasting affect of a particular set of events, actions, etcetera that occurred in the past, or the impact of a person’s life… …something imparted by or received from someone or something from the past… I recently learned when a midwife attends to a birthing woman whose birth she also attended, it’s called a legacy birth… Ever since learning that, the idea of legacy has…

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A Springful of Babies

It’s Sunday afternoon—it’s a granddaughter’s first birthday, my son and his wife’s seventh wedding anniversary, and Father’s Day! I updated this three days later on the first day of summer so I could capture our final spring birth ♥ I’ve held off updating my statistics as I’m sooo close to attending my 700th birth, but this spring has really been so sweet and so interesting I wanted to share just…

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To Facilitate an Unwinding

There’s little in life that means more than to be able to be part of soothing and healing those who need to be soothed and healed ♥ Those who practice CFT do just that ♥♥♥ I shared a post recently about The Gillespie Approach’s Craniosacral Fascial Therapy commonly known as CFT. It was penned by Betsy Richards, our practice’s senior student and wonderfully gifted CFT practitioner. Betsy…

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Five Years!

“There it is! Oh, God, thank you. I found the stone farmhouse easily enough. It was the only one along that isolated stretch of gravel. But it was the isolated stretch of gravel I had troubling finding in the gloom of the rain-splattered night. My nerves and stomach were coiled into a knot so tight I found it hard to think clearly, and then, just as I reached the intersection of what I thought…

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The Gillespie Approach's Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT)

Betsy Richards, our practice’s senior apprentice, recently completed her Craniosacral Fascial Therapy training with the Gillespie Approach! She’s able to work with babies, children, and adults and, as a client of Betsy’s myself, I can say she has a lovely touch and does truly excellent work! Here’s what Betsy has to say about it! Have you ever seen a spiderweb and noticed how each of the strands…

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200 Reviews!

Friends! A Midwife in Amish Country now has 200 reviews on Amazon!!!!!!! A midwife in Missouri stumbled across the book and reached out to me on Facebook to tell me she was reading it and enjoying it! I was so blessed! I truly do love hearing from those of you who’ve read and enjoyed the books I’ve written! And this time I remembered to ask if she’d consider leaving a review of it, and she did!…

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E Book Time! Homebirth—Safe & Sacred

Thanks to our most wonderful office manager (incidentally, also my most wonderful daughter-in-law) Homebirth—Safe & Sacred is now available digitally on virtually every platform in existence! On Amazon! On Apple! On Barnes & Noble! On Kobo! On Smashwords! May we continue to enlighten our communities as to the viability and vitality of homebirthing ♥♥♥ Kim Woodard Osterholzer, Colorado Springs…

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We're Ready to Receive a Student!

We’re Ready to Receive a Student!

Birth at Home Midwifery Services is ready to receive a new midwifery student! If you’re interested in the opportunity, email Megan at birthathomemidwiferyservices@gmail.com by Sunday, May 15! Megan will respond to all queries with further information by May 18! Kim Woodard Osterholzer, Colorado Springs Homebirth Midwife and Author. And Grandma ♥ Books by Kim: Homebirth: Safe & Sacred Homebirth:…

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A Nourish + Thrive Update is on the Way!

A Nourish + Thrive Update is on the Way!

We’ve been busy, busy over here! The project we’re up to our elbows in at the moment is another Nourish + Thrive upgrade! The most anticipated element of which is the inclusion of a thorough description of Erica Boland’s Functional Progression! With illustrations! We’ll have a brand new cover, too! And, ideally, also an index! IYKYK. Keep your eyes peeled! Kim Woodard Osterholzer, Colorado…

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Breech Pro Update!

Per incredible demand, Dr. Hayes has agreed to add a third day of classes to his up coming visit to Colorado Springs! If you were unable to find a space for yourself at your first try, then try again! There’s room for 12 fresh participants on June 2nd at Beginnings Birth Center! Click here to sign up! And sign up for Kristine Lauria’s Breech and Twin Birth Master Class while you’re at it! There’s…

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Breech and Twin Birth Master Class in Colorado Springs

Breech and Twin Birth Master Class in Colorado Springs

As an adjunct to our up-and-coming Breech Pro Course with David Hayes May 31st through June 2nd, a Breech and Twin Birth Master Class with Kristine Lauria, CPM will also be occurring May 31st and June 1st at Beginnings Birth Center! Kristine has attended the births of over FIVE THOUSAND babies, including more than FIVE HUNDRED breech babies and FOUR HUNDRED sets of twins through the course of her…

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And We're Live!

And We’re Live!

What more do I need to say? Besides I can’t believe I read my own book out loud and it makes my knees a little wobbly to actually have it out there and available… Gulp! Anyhow. It’s only six bucks, eight cents and two hours, one minute long! Get it! Listen to it! Review it! Share it! Let’s make sure the folks who’d want to know homebirth is safe AND gloriously sacred get the chance to…

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Breech Pro in Colorado Springs 2022

Breech Pro in Colorado Springs 2022

We just can’t get enough of these people, so they’re coming to us again, Wednesday, 1 June 2022! This will be a full-day event with lots of options provided alumni as to how they’d like to participate, ranging from attending a two-hour block of simulations; attending the full day, to include a two-hour block of simulations and other activities; plus the option to renew their access to Breech Pro…

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Nineteen Months of Babies

Nineteen Months of Babies

Ours isn’t the busiest practice out there, but we pour our hearts and souls into it and every life we serve becomes inexpressibly precious to us as our relationship and the experience unfolds. From August 4th, 2020 through March 4th, 2022, I was blessed with the opportunity to be part of 438 prenatal visits, 139 postpartum visits, and 41 births, raising my totals to 5,316 prenatals, 2,185…