08/29/2026
💯To me, quality, traditional midwifery is all about noticing when something is starting to subtly diverge from that persons normal and gently steering it back on course.
📝 The blood pressure that is rising just a bit above normal.
💛The swelling accumulating that alerts us the tissue state needs support but is not yet diagnostic for anything.
🤯The stress and mental emotional state that says the nervous system needs support and minerals, BEFORE the body burns through what it has and creates a disease state.
‼️Traditional midwifery sees the divergence and offers something the body needs. You could call it returning to baseline or maintaining homeostasis. Whatever it is, we love it and see good outcomes because it supports physiology. Instead of waiting for pathology to develop, we prevent it from starting in the first place.
😍 At a recent home birth, these homeopathics addressed exactly this. Nausea preventing the ability to eat or drink. We need food to have the power and stamina to contract and push out our babies. After Nux vomica, we could eat and drink again and we had the power for a normal birth at home.
🎉 Blood pressure rising from normal, telling us the body needed something. Natrum muriaticum came in and brought us back.
📈Swelling and possible anterior lip ➡️ homeopathic arnica to the rescue to facilitate full dilation and prevent tearing.
➡️Homeopathy is just one tool, as is sunlight, hydration, real foods, movement, community, herbal medicine, and anything else that brings about the support our bodies need.
‼️‼️‼️This is why people choose midwifery care. It is individualized based on the woman’s tissue state, not just a protocol, not just waiting to see what happens.
➡️That is what makes the difference and why our successful home birth rate is so HIGH and our transport and cesarean rate is so LOW. It’s not just about freedom of movement and intermittent monitoring anymore. It’s about correcting things before we get too far off course.
❓What is something that helped you maintain your health that you would want another mom to know about?
-Midwife Bethany