Lotus Community Birthing Center

This sweet mama showed up with her midwife Katie Stotts (Midwifery of Austin) with very strong contractions well beyond what she had experienced with her other labors. Baby’s position strongly suggested she was trying to rotate and was “sunny side up” causing back labor! She got through it though and delivered in the birth pool. Baby is a very professional nurser!

We can’t believe it’s time to replace our footprint canvas! The old one will go upstairs to the ATX Homebirth office. Can’t wait for the next set of footprints - it’s gonna be any day now!

I’m signed up for Spanish II next semester, and I signed up for an Art class in basic “2-D design”…

Send crayons…

I wish this was a joke or scam.

“A popular food dye in Cheetos can turn the skin of live mice transparent to reveal the animal’s organs inside.”

Cheetos Food Coloring Turns Mice Transparent — The Wall Street Journal The dye alters the optical qualities of skin, allowing light to pass through

Hey! We are three shy of the minimum number of participants to bring the BEST workshop to Austin on September 28. If you know anyone who would like to attend, please have them sign up in the next 24 hours please!

Birth Emergency Skills Training® The original is still the B.E.S.T! Birth Emergency Skills Training® is the longest-running emergency skills course for out-of-hospital midwives, proudly educating thousands of participants since 2008. Participants build on core competencies and apply current evidence to clinical practice though liv...

This will be awesome!

An Alternative to the Pap Smear Is Here, No Speculum Required Starting this fall, women will be able to use a simple swab to screen for cervical cancer. The method offers an alternative to a procedure that many dread — and promises to address disparities in who develops the disease.