Outside the Classroom

Family Life

Our three oldest children, Radha, Canagán, and Draighean, jumping off of a park bench

In all this world there is nothing more beautiful than a happy child. - L. Frank Baum

Canagán (CON a gan)

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

Draighean sitting on a park bench in a pretty dress

Draighean (DRAY un)

Radha smiling at the camera with her sister running in the background

Radha (ROW ah)

Close up of a newborn at his mother's breast

Sometimes the smallest things take up the most space in your heart. - A. A. Milne

Rónán (RO nin)

Meagan's four children sitting on the ground close together. Radha is holding the baby, Rónán, with Canagán sitting to her left and smiling at the camera and Draighean kneeling to the right and looking at her baby brother.

Meagan is holding her infant son, Rónán and they are looking at each other and smiling. Both Rónán and Meagan have brightly colored chalk dust on their faces and Rónán is reaching out to touch Meagan's face.

Family photography credit: Lee Pettigrew Photography

Four-Legged Companions

A grey tiger-striped cat with curled ears

Drifa the Highland Lynx

Ölrùn the Elkhound

Pickles the Cat

A close up of Madu, who is a black and white husky mix

Madu the Sam-usky

An orange tiger-striped kitten curled in a ball sleeping

Pan Noodle the "Pandemic Rescue Kitten"

Favorite Books

Carnevale: A Dazzling Baroque Tale by Michelle Lovric

The Stand by Stephen King

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop

The Thief of Always by Clive Barker

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

Born in the USA by Marsden Wagner

American Gods Neil Gaiman

The Birth House by Ami McKay

Sunday Morning, Shamwana: A Midwife's Letters From the Field by Linda Orsi Robinson

Fascinating Placentas

Twin placentas with their cords placed together to form a heart

Di/Di Twins!

A placenta showing a rare type of umbilical cord insertion anomaly

Furcate Umbilical Cord Insertion

Placenta with a Succenturiate Lobe

A placenta with a marginal (battledore) umbilical cord insertion

Battledore (Marginal) Umbilical Cord Insertion

Healthy, Full-Term Placenta

Beltane Midwifery, PLLC

It gives me great joy to announce that after all of my efforts with school I have opened my own midwifery practice: Beltane Midwifery PLLC

This has been YEARS in the making and I am so excited to be able to serve the families within my community as a Certified Professional Midwife!

Beltane Birth Services LLC

Before starting my journey with the Midwives College of Utah (MCU) I was a DONA International Certified Birth and Madriella Doula Network Certified Postpartum Doula for over two years. I own and operate the small business, Beltane Birth Services LLC, where I offered doula services along with placenta encapsulation services. Because of the increasing demands of my clinical and academic obligations I will no longer be offering doula or placenta encapsulation services after the Summer of 2023, however I will continue to offer Childbirth Education.

UPDATE: As of October 2024, Beltane Birth Services LLC has transitioned to my new midwifery practice: Beltane Midwifery PLLC

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