E Book Time! Homebirth—Safe & Sacred
May we continue to enlighten our communities as to the viability and vitality of homebirthing ♥♥♥
Books
A Nourish + Thrive Update is on the Way!
We’ve been busy, busy over here! The project we’re up to our elbows in at the moment is another Nourish + Thrive upgrade! The most anticipated element of which is the inclusion of a thorough description of Erica Boland’s Functional Progression! With illustrations! We’ll have a brand new cover, too! And, ideally, also an index![…]
Another Wonderful Book by Dr Sara Wickham!
Anti-D Explained is the much-anticipated, updated version of Dr. Sara Wickham’s very first book, Anti-D in Midwifery, Panacea or Pandora? The essential issue associated with possessing a blood type absent the rhesus factor (also known as being of a rhesus negative or Rh negative blood type) while carrying and bearing babies is the same issue[…]
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I’d like to spend the next few weeks sharing some of the reasons behind the creation of Homebirth: Safe & Sacred with you. We’ll begin with this one. A reader commented on a Facebook post recently that she wonders if the overuse of birth interventions in American hospitals might be inspired by a desire for[…]
Safe and Sacred Birth
Early last fall a family expecting their seventh child contacted me per the possibility of a homebirth. Almost the first thing the dad said was, “Well, I know it’s riskier, but we live way out of the city, and we barely made it to the hospital last time, and my wife just really wants to[…]
Event Number Two Along the Glorious North Shore
A week after hosting the screening of Why Not Home? The Surprising Birth Choices of Doctors and Nurses, at 6:00 Wednesday evening, July 24th, Sadie Sigford and I will be hosting a follow-on event at the Grand Marais Public Library! We’ll be discussing American homebirth and homebirth midwifery with an in-depth look at our statistics,[…]
Why Not Home?
Hello, Friends! It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, hasn’t it? The reason — even reasons — for this season of silence are far, far from meaning nothing’s going on over here! But none of those reasons are what this post is about, actually. I’m actually posting to announce I’m way up in northern[…]
Half Off Signed Editions!
Good morning, Friends! I’m offering half off signed editions of both my books, A Midwife in Amish Country and Nourish + Thrive from Black Friday through Cyber Monday or until those I have in stock are gone! Click here to take advantage of the sale! Kim Woodard Osterholzer, Colorado Springs Homebirth Midwife and Author Books by[…]
Newly Scheduled Book Signings!
We have TEN signings planned, Friends! I would love, Love, LOVE to see you! June 2, 2018 from 11:00 am until whenever! Barnes & Noble 1565 Briargate Blvd, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920 June 9, 2018 from noon till as late as we want! Barnes & Noble 795 Citadel Drive East, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 June[…]
Serina Miller’s Endorsement!
“Kim Osterholzer gives us a rare glimpse into the heart of the Amish community. Beautifully written. A Midwife in Amish Country is destined to become a classic for midwives and those who aspire to be.” —Serena B. Miller, award-winning author of More Than Happy: The Wisdom of Amish Parenting and fully eighteen lovely novels, two of which[…]