Mariposa Midwifery LLC

06/12/2026

Learning to live present in today as I embrace this new life. Walking with someone with a rare disease is teaching me to live today. It’s really all any of us have, right? 🦋 🦋

06/11/2026

I took the long road to learn this, from the generational view I was given to proud ally. Every person matters. 🦋

YOU ARE SO EASY TO LOVE!!!!!!!!!

06/11/2026

Losing Andaluz is a huge loss for the Portland area.  They have led the way in waterbirth, modeled deep community roots, and blended CNM and CPM Practice.  I was part of a birthing center for 14 years from the time the doors opened until the door is closed. Whenever a Birth center closes the community grieves. It is like a death. Hold these Midwives close and remember the families who have found their safe place there.🦋

05/29/2026

As we go forward, I will be sharing a little bit about what’s happening with the think big initiative. All across the country folks who hold a variety of credentials in Midwifery are thinking deeply about some of the complex problems facing Midwives today. Being a midwife is of course about the folks we serve in the everyday for well person care for reproductive healthcare for care across the lifespan. But it’s also about thinking about our profession. Grateful for the opportunity to be with other folks in an intentional way this year.🦋 🦋

05/28/2026

Back in Arizona, continuing the advocacy work for safe and strong laws for midwives. 🦋

Arizona has a long history of supporting community birth and Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs). For decades, CPMs have served families seeking personalized, evidence-based care outside of the hospital setting. Arizona became one of the earlier states to formally recognize and regulate direct-entry midwives — helping create pathways for safe, accountable community birth care.

Families deserve continued access to qualified midwives who are trained, certified, and deeply connected to their communities.

05/23/2026

What advice would you give?

05/13/2026

This is welcome news for people who have fought for years to get an accurate diagnosis of PCOS🦋

BREAKING: Polycystic O***y Syndrome (PCOS), a condition affecting more than 170 million people worldwide, has been officially renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) following a landmark global consensus study published today in The Lancet.

expert Melanie Cree, MD, PhD, one of only two U.S.-based pediatric endocrinologists involved in this international effort, says the change is about finally recognizing the full reality of what patients experience—a complex, multisystem condition.

🗞️ Read more: https://bit.ly/4dEdttm

05/06/2026

Today is international day of the midwife. I can think of so many faces that have shaped me. And so many that have held that sacred space with me while we wait for life to come into the world. We have done heartache and joy and so many hours with a head on another shoulder. Most of those spaces are too precious for photos. You know who you are. We do life full on together. 🦋

04/25/2026

Always a privilege to teach folks that are preparing for a baby whether it’s the first time or it’s been many times. Today’s class was on Postpartum planning and it was a beautiful full circle to use my postpartum planning tool that was developed by Kestrel Gates at Build Your Nest, which I piloted for my DNP project. It was a beautiful rich class and I’m so glad to be teaching at New Phase At The Birth Nest also known as urban midwives. 🦋