My Yoga teacher invites steadiness in us as she calls us to be “the calm face on the
boat.” That’s how I see Katarra. She is the kind, truthworthy, steady midwife that we
looked to and felt safe with.
Our family loved working with Katarra. I would choose homebirth midwifery care again
and again as a woman. I was offered such compassion, time, holistic personalized care
during my pregnancies. I remember she came one evening early on in my third
pregnancy to our home, so that my husband and two sons and I could all hear the
heartbeat together for the first time.
She’s also the midwife who’s clinical knowledge, wisdom, and attentiveness I completely trust.
When she said she had been guided by the wisdom of all the midwives
she trained with that at 41w3d it’s time to start helping move things along, I knew I could
trust her. Katarra has a beautiful way of giving a woman space, sharing her medical
opinion, and ensuring informed consent and a team vibe. It’s brilliant and it’s one of the
pieces of her practice I love the most. So 11 days overdue and successfully naturally
induced by some herbs and breastpump, we called upon Katarra late one hot August
night, after a particularly hot Chico summer.
Through love and sweat and toil, a few hours later I pushed out my massive third baby
boy, 9lbs, big head, big broad shoulders that bordered on should dystocia, some
intense pushing, and a final hoorah of getting him out by stretching forward into a lunge.
Katarra had given us sacred space and privacy to labor in the earlier hours of the night
and then later was beside me patiently using her skill set to guide me along the intense
ride of hard labor. She had been the “calm face on the boat” when a cervical lip, strong
close contractions, and a big baby made for a challenging end to the labor. I heard her
voice, I trusted her medical decision-making, I felt safe because she had built trust
through her compassionate and excellent care. In the end, once he was in our arms, I
also felt the joy of celebrating with her. Midwifery care and homebirth are truly magical.
If you are reading this, you are considering Katarra Shaw as your midwife. Say yes!
~ Maureen Crowley
boat.” That’s how I see Katarra. She is the kind, truthworthy, steady midwife that we
looked to and felt safe with.
Our family loved working with Katarra. I would choose homebirth midwifery care again
and again as a woman. I was offered such compassion, time, holistic personalized care
during my pregnancies. I remember she came one evening early on in my third
pregnancy to our home, so that my husband and two sons and I could all hear the
heartbeat together for the first time.
She’s also the midwife who’s clinical knowledge, wisdom, and attentiveness I completely trust.
When she said she had been guided by the wisdom of all the midwives
she trained with that at 41w3d it’s time to start helping move things along, I knew I could
trust her. Katarra has a beautiful way of giving a woman space, sharing her medical
opinion, and ensuring informed consent and a team vibe. It’s brilliant and it’s one of the
pieces of her practice I love the most. So 11 days overdue and successfully naturally
induced by some herbs and breastpump, we called upon Katarra late one hot August
night, after a particularly hot Chico summer.
Through love and sweat and toil, a few hours later I pushed out my massive third baby
boy, 9lbs, big head, big broad shoulders that bordered on should dystocia, some
intense pushing, and a final hoorah of getting him out by stretching forward into a lunge.
Katarra had given us sacred space and privacy to labor in the earlier hours of the night
and then later was beside me patiently using her skill set to guide me along the intense
ride of hard labor. She had been the “calm face on the boat” when a cervical lip, strong
close contractions, and a big baby made for a challenging end to the labor. I heard her
voice, I trusted her medical decision-making, I felt safe because she had built trust
through her compassionate and excellent care. In the end, once he was in our arms, I
also felt the joy of celebrating with her. Midwifery care and homebirth are truly magical.
If you are reading this, you are considering Katarra Shaw as your midwife. Say yes!
~ Maureen Crowley