Traditional Midwifery Services
Toni Kimpel, CPM, LM 979-251-7377
The Home Birth of Griffin
Thursday morning I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and realized that my water had just broken. I woke Ben and he told me I should go back to bed until morning, but I was too excited. He went back to sleep and I went into the living room and watched TV and rocked on my birthing ball until morning. I was getting occasional contractions, but nothing serious.At 8:30 a.m., I c ... Read More
Annalise Claire
This is long, so if you want the quick, no-details version: my water starting leaking around 10:30 a.m., midwives came, more people showed up, labor slowed down because I’m shy, people left, I took a nap, labor started in a hurry, less than two hours later Annalise was born. Now for the long version… All Memorial Day weekend, I was feeling awful–so tired, ach ... Read More
Kylie Raye
I recently had the privilege of giving birth to my beautiful daughter on January 16, 2005. I could never have done it without the help and support of my wonderful midwife Toni Kimpel, her assistant Nancy and my doula, Micah. I had a homebirth 6 1/2 years ago with my son Bryton and fell in love with my midwife that I had at the time. I truly thought I would never be sa ... Read More
Abigail Marie
June 17th, 4:05 am 6 lbs. 13 oz. 19 ¾ in. long I woke up at 1:44 am when Michael came into our bed. I got up to go to the bathroom. I did notice a contraction, but I always got them when I had to go pee, so no big deal. I go to the bathroom and come back to bed. A few minutes later I get really bad cramps and jump out of bed and back to the bathroom. This time, ... Read More
Caleb Josiah Walker
Caleb came into the world on January 28, 2004. My labor began around 3:00 pm on the 27th after going for a walk with my mom. I started having mild contractions about 10 minutes apart. By 6:00 pm we knew I was in labor. We called our midwife, Toni, to let her know. Her apprentice happened to be in town already so she decided to come over with a friend of hers, also a m ... Read More
