Architecting the future of maternity care

by creating the world’s best midwifery centers

Midwifery centers are a community hub delivering a whole-person-centered approach to maternity care, connecting families to health services, education, and local food, resources and nutrition.

“The leading cause of infant mortality in our city is prematurity and low birth weight. Midwifery care is the solution because midwifery care reduces preterm birth and low birth weight.”

- Meghan Nowland

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Made a delicious breakfast salad of dandelion greens, violets, and red bud flowers that I harvested from the yard. These weeds are great prebiotics and support your liver and kidneys.

#weeds #herbalist #herblover #herbalgarden #herbalmedicine

This week's #herboftheweek is #spearmint which grows in our garden. Spearmint is a staple herb for me. Mint is very resilient and can grow almost anywhere. It is both shade and full sun tolerant and can take over. You can recognize mints by their squ

Spent all weekend and today cutting, splitting and replanting ornamental grasses for the Rest and Reflection garden for privacy. Found this little guy in hibernation mode in the dirt. Was able to move him somewhere safer.

#communitygardens #herbali

This week's #herboftheweek is #rose which is a powerful female herb. Rose is good for the heart and spirit. Being that rose is typically red/orange or pink, its good for the root chakra area, so think reproductive organs. Rose petals are a powerful a

Tonya Dumas, president of the Safer Birth Foundation and I @meghan_nowland are in Columbus today giving proponent testimony for HB 537 to remove barriers for freestanding birth centers and license Certified Professional Midwives.

#midwives #birthce

Board member Steven Hall showed @india.thebeautyqueen and @meghan_nowland how to play pickleball last night when he was in town. Steven lives in Arizona and owned two birth centers for 13 years. Now Steven works with medical start ups and is starting

We've been working hard to plan the back garden planting for this year and now have a bench so families can come hang out here before and after prenatal visits.

#communitygardening #communityhealth #familycenteredcare #familiesfirst #familiesbelong

This week's #herboftheweek is sweetgrass which is just starting pop up in our garden. We grow it to make braids to be dried and used as a smoke. Sweetgrass can be infused in vodka to make a pleasant drink. It's one of the four sacred herbs in the #me

Had a lovely day planning the garden and food program with @darkwoodfarmer today! It's going to be a great year! We only have a few more slots open for Bellyful to sign up today if you're interested (no need to refill out the form if you were a parti

This week's #herboftheweek is lemon balm! Lemon Balm is a key ingredient in our survivor tea. Lemon Balm (the green herb pictured in the strainer) is in the mint family, which you can tell by it's square stem. Lemon Balm is a powerful anti-viral safe

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