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Do You Have Anything to Help with Pain?
Do you have anything to help with pain? The short answer is yes! We have many techniques, tips and tricks to help you be more comfortable in labor. Home birth is an appealing option but many wonder if they will be able to handle natural labor. I’m not going to lie, birth is hard work.…
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When Things Don’t Go As Planned
What If Things Do Not Go As Planned? Most low risk mama’s have healthy pregnancies and uncomplicated births. However, sometimes birth does not go as planned and midwives are prepared when this occurs. Midwives have the training and skills to: A healthy mom and baby is our number one priority at Way Maker Midwifery! Although…
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Midwives and Emergency Equipment
Do home birth midwives have equipment and medications to help in emergencies? Yes! Midwives not only bring a deep knowledge of physiological labor and birth but Midwives in Oklahoma are legally licensed to carry equipment and medications to safely manage normal deliveries at home. They bring medical equipment and medication to: Some of the equipment…
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FAQs…Home Birth Edition
Are you curious about home birth and want some quick answers? We have you covered with some Way Maker Home Birth FAQs. Is it messy? This is honestly our number 1 question! People often worry that home birth will be messy. Inside of your birth kit will be large, absorbent, disposable underpads to help prevent…
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What To Expect…Home Birth Edition
What to expect Home birth edition At your home birth, your midwife will provide labor, birth and postpartum care in your home! When will my midwife arrive? When you are 37.0 weeks you will have 24/7 on call access to and availability from your midwife for your birth. You will be asked to update your…
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Way Maker Midwife: Hilary
Hello! My name is Hilary Goodner. I am a Certified Professional Midwife and an Oklahoma Licensed Midwife. I have lived and worked in the Tulsa area for over 15 years now. When I first moved to Tulsa, I lived in Broken Arrow and was working for a Tulsa ambulance service while going to Paramedic School…
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Not Just Nutrition & Exercise
While it is true that nutrition and exercise play a fundamental role throughout a woman’s pregnancy, there are other internal factors that are present as a woman gets closer to childbirth. The mere physicality of pregnancy is just one small factor behind the preparation of bringing a new life into the world. Other factors include…
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Due Dates
Them: “OH MY GOODNESS! Look at you!!! How far along are you? When are you DUE?!?!?! How are you feeling?” You, in the few weeks of pregnancy: “When is this baby ever going to come out?!?!” Ah, yes. The endless questions and unknowns of the prenatal journey, specifically the end of the third trimester. If…
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OBs, CNMs, CPMs and Lay Midwives, Oh MY!
Quick little story before following the yellow brick road – our social media post was deemed too long, and thus a blog was born. We had discussed creating a blog – whether we should or not, and when – and, well, no time like the present and a post with too many words. (I took…
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