Birthstream Midwifery Service

It’s that time again! Come help us celebrate Mother’s Day at the Whole Earth Festival on the UCDavis campus! Come hug your local midwives, and if you want to get your hair braided (or your child’s), sign in early!!

Only 7 Days to Tosi's Retirement Party! -

Only 7 Days to Tosi's Retirement Party! Tosi's party is only a week away! It's not too late to RSVP so we can plan for the right number of guests - but please come either way.  It looks like the weather will be great on Saturday for this outdoor event. Come enjoy the beauty of Capay Valley as we celebrate Tosi!

Retirement Party for Tosi! -

Retirement Party for Tosi! After more than 40 years serving birthing families as a midwife, Tosi is finally retired! Please join us as we celebrate with her at Full Belly Farm in beautiful Capay Valley. Children welcome!

This weekend is Whole Earth Festival at the UCDavis campus! Come hang out on the Quad and listen to music and get your hair braided at the midwives’ booth. We’d love to see you!

https://wef.ucdavis.edu/

This sweet doggy would always greet us at our home prenatal visits with this exact pose!

Join Capitol City Birth Collective on Saturday, October 12th, to celebrate our perinatal community in Sacramento! At Bump, Birth, and Beyond: Building Your Village, meet professionals who support you from preconception to parenthood.

Enjoy refreshments like fresh drinks from Rise Elixirs & Espresso and charcuterie from Let's Get Grazy while attending speaker showcases or chatting at professional booths. Buy tickets online or at the door. We’re excited to help you build your village of support!

Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bump-birth-beyond-building-your-village-tickets-975556885907?aff=oddtdtcreator

Nothing fills our hearts more than receiving our client’s photos of their babies thriving! The relationship we develop with our clients during the prenatal care period is one that we can never forget.

Way to grow, baby girl!! heart heart heart We cannot get enough of her little smile.

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“You’re a midwife-I bet you hold babies all the time!”

Many of our clients are so surprised when we tell them that we don’t hold our client’s babies very often! This is because we see our role as being a supporter of your process-you have been the one carrying your baby, growing your baby, and birthing your baby. You have 1000% earned every single sacred snuggle with your sweet little one!

It’s also not lost on us that in our western culture, there is a huge focus on “holding the baby” after birth versus “holding the mother”. And while the babies absolutely go through their own journey during pregnancy and birth, they are receiving the care and love they need from their mother. But the mother also needs and deserves this same love and care while healing from birth.

All of this being said, this makes it all the more special when clients ask us to hold their babies. Here is Midwife Ady with a beloved client’s baby!

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Now that we’ve got your attention with this amazing mug (courtesy of one our dear clients), did you know that your postpartum care with Birthstream Midwifery Service includes lactation support? Establishing a good supply depends on proper milk removal, which means that a baby’s latch is essential.

Each of our midwives has lactation support experience and can help you troubleshoot any issues. Early on, it’s quite normal for there to be an adjustment period where you and baby are figuring things out. But if you need a helping hand, we got you!

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We’d love to see you this weekend!