Central Texas Birth Center

Sally Pierce Leissner is an amazingly talented massage and cranial sacral therapist. The benefits of cranial sacral therapy include better alignment for baby at the breast, release of jaw and cranial muscles and a better latch which will also benefit the nursing relationship. Call Sally at (512) 964-9031

Sally Pierce Leissner is an amazing massage and cranial sacral therapist. The benefits of cranial sacral include, better alignment for baby at the breast, better latch and more comfort for both mom and baby. Contact Sally at:

(512) 964-9031

The Birth of Henry. After going to bed around 9:00 on Saturday, I was woken up around 11:00 by wet sheets… not sure if I just peed a little or my water broke, I stood up to examine the situation. In doing so, the amniotic fluid came flowing. I woke up Christopher, text our midwife and turned on the British Baking Show to have the soft sounds of Paul Hollywood soothe me to sleep. I had roughly two contractions an hour throughout the night, but nothing intense. After a lackluster night of sleep, the boys woke up and my contractions stopped completely so we called in reinforcements… my Mama. Then while Elliott napped as we watched church online, they returned. As soon as he woke up, they stopped. So Christopher took them to play and I took a nap. I woke up got some food, laid down for a bit longer and then told Henry it was go time. By 1:00 pm, my contractions were averaging five minutes apart and about a minute long. I text my birth photographer and she was at the house around 3:00. I was still light hearted and able to laugh and joke with her as she captured sweet moments with the family during and between contractions. Our midwives came about an hour later, and shortly after they arrived I went into active labor. As bedtime for the boys was upon us, so was Henry’s arrival. With the support of Christopher, my mom and my midwife, my body worked hard contracting and pushing Henry down. Christopher went to put Elliott to bed and I felt the need to p**p, and did not want to do that on my birth ball in my bedroom, but usually that feeling means birth is moments away. We went to the bathroom, I had another contraction where I could feel his head coming. I had my mom rush to get Christopher. I had another contraction and Henry was born on his due date at 5:39 pm. It truly is amazing how the body knows what to do if you just listen to it. I’m so grateful to have had the best birth team possible and for the boys to be there with me. They rubbed my back, breathed with me, read to me and Calvin came running in seconds after Henry was born. I will never forget the look on his face; in disbelief that his baby brother was born!

The Birth Of Goldie: My birth story technically started the night of October 11th. My due date was the next day (the 12th) but I felt like I had some time left (because really who goes into labor on their actual due date!? lol) and was in full nesting mode! For about 2 hours that night, I was on my hands and knees with a paint roller finishing some nursery decor. So subsequently I was up until about 1:30am working on some last minute projects around the house.

At 4:30 am I woke up out of a deep sleep to what sounded like a ‘pop’ and immediately felt my waters start to come. I jumped out of bed and let Scott know and he jumped up as well. I went to sit on the toilet (because I didn’t know how much more water would continue to come) and called Salli who encouraged me to go back to sleep.

After getting off the phone with her and also calling my mom to let her know it was go-time I started to shake and cry… the reality of it all hit me all at once and I felt super overwhelmed and uncertain if I could do this. Scott came and hugged me, prayed over me, and then we laid back down.

Except for that my adrenaline and excitement was too much and I couldn’t sleep. So we decided to go for a slow morning. The waves started at 5:15 am (about 6 minutes apart and very bearable) so I hopped in the shower and got ready for what I thought was going to be a pretty quick process; and Scott went ahead and made us breakfast and ordered some cinnamon rolls from our favorite local spot (shoutout to sweet lemon kitchen!)

Soon after, my mom arrived to the house and my waves started to get a little closer together at about 5 minutes apart and had slowly increased in intensity. Embracing a slow peaceful morning I started stretching on my birth ball and we turned on a comedy show (I had read that laughter keeps you loose and helps keep from tightening your muscles.) Continued in comments…

The birth of Willow Mae!

Our perfect little Willow was born August 30th, mid morning surrounded by the best birth team.

Having had an induction at 38 weeks ending in a c section with my first babe I wasn’t really sure what to expect, how my body may present as it prepared for labor and birthing my second girl. For a couple weeks I had been having Braxton hicks, two days leading up to August 30th I was having more intense cramping. The night of the 29th my water broke when I stood up from laying down with my toddler for bedtime. I texted Salli because I wasn’t really sure if it was my water breaking, yet. I laid down to rest and the big gush came and I knew that my water had indeed broke. My doula advised I lay down and get as much rest as I could between the early labor contractions when they started so that I’d be as rested as possible. 12:30 am came and I woke my husband up because I was needing some help getting through contractions. I was very tired, especially since I hadn’t been sleeping well at nights just tossing and turning trying to get comfortable. I took a hot shower, walked the house, called my sister around 1:30 am to pick up my toddler. My contractions kept getting closer (also I was nervous because this was my first time with natural labor so I wasn’t sure how quickly things would approach and we had a 35 minute drive to the birth center). We got to the birth center around 3 am. Continued in comments…

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Benedict H. made his arrival on Friday, September 8 bright and early in the morning. Honestly I’m not sure anymore how much over my “due date” he was, but he came when he was ready.

For about six weeks leading up to his birth, i started experiencing Braxton Hicks and belly tightening. Sleep was harder to come by just because these sensations happened at night while I tried to sleep. I was convinced he would’ve come earlier than he did. But nope.

When it finally did come, my labor was unpredictable and intense but also… slow and calm. It got serious enough that I called my doula and said “I’m not really sure, but I think maybe it’s getting to be that time?” She came over around 11:30PM and after hanging out and chatting for a bit- her, Alex, and me, laid on couches and tried to sleep in the living room until things picked up (around 3.) My mom was sleeping with Rosie in the other room, so thankfully I was able to rest a little easier knowing she was well taken care of.

Around 4:30AM (I think) is when the rest of the team joined - mom, midwives, and photographer. My labor finally became consistent and intense. My midwife occasionally checked on little bebe in there just to make sure everything was going well and my doula was applying counter pressure while Alex rubbed my shoulders. Like last time, I ended up puking a lot more than I thought which totally sucked but everything else was right on track. I didn’t use any birthing “tricks” other than to keep my voice low, breathe, and try to relax every muscle in my body. Total mind game. The whole team was all hands on deck around 5:45 when it was finally time to get in the tub.

My water broke at 6:02 and Ben came out all at once at 6:07AM.

Rosie joined the party at 7:09, right as the sun was starting to rise and shine through our back windows. She immediately loved her baby brother and gave him pats and gentle kisses on his head.

The whole team was essential to the success of little Ben’s birth. I don’t think I could’ve done it without them. We are happy and healthy and recovering together. 💙

More breech maneuvers with and Dr. Stu.

Learning breech maneuvers with the best here at the Twins/Breech Conference.

Rixa Freeze talking about resolving issues with breech birth.


Twins/Breech Conference

This is great info for those that want to utilize Texas’ vaccine exemptions. Thank you for posting this great segment.

Judaea’s Birth

Somewhere around 26 weeks I started suspecting our baby was breech. Having had a breech baby before, the kicks / movements felt all too familiar. We tried all of the things to get her to turn, chiropractor twice a week, inversions, spinning babies techniques, swimming 3-5 times a week, ECV. But nothing happened.

At 40 wks 2 days I started having some very sporadic contractions throughout the day, nothing consistent and so we just went about our day. I took my kids for an afternoon swim from 3:30-5:00 (still trying to turn that baby) I had a few random contractions while swimming that still didn’t seem like real labor contractions. I headed inside right at 5 o’clock to shower and get dinner going.

I went out to hang up my wet clothes and I remember praying right then that if I was going to go into labor, my water would break so that I would know to text Salli since she is an hour away.

At 5:30 Colton was just headed out the door to make an H-E-B run with our kids when I had an intense contraction and my water broke. Colton called Salli and she headed over right away. He also texted my mom who came and picked up our kids.

After my water broke I had strong contractions but still sporadic, 2 in a five minute span and then nothing for 10-15 minutes etc. Suddenly I started feeling the need to be on my hands and knees for a few very intense contractions which made me nervous so I started praying during each one that God would protect our baby and Salli would make it before I had the urge to push.

Salli got here right at 6:35 and I moved to my bed (still on elbows and knees) where she checked me and to my complete surprise and relief said I was at a 9.5. After a few more contractions I told Salli “I’m feeling like I need to push” and she said “go for it.”

I was very grateful that Salli kept me very informed as our baby made her appearance, it helped me visualize what was happening.

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The Birth of Abby. Abby’s Birth Story
Happiest of birthdays to the love I wasn’t prepared for. People tell you it’s a love you can’t fathom and it is so true.

Abigail Grace was born May 13th 2022 at 10:03 pm, and she was perfect. She still is…

Rewind:
May 11th
I woke up that morning with a little spotting but nothing major. I had a chiro appointment that afternoon so I was hopeful that things would start progressing more after that… which it did. About 5 min after getting adjusted I lost my mucus plug! God bless chiropractics!
May 12th
During the night I had some mild cramping and woke up that morning excited. My 38 week appointment was at noon and when meeting with Ashley she suggested starting my maternity leave and resting throughout the day.
I was thinking about signing back on to work for a little bit as a distraction but one good contraction as I was headed in the house and my mind was changed.
Over the next few hours I labored at home and later that night the contractions started picking up.
I called my doula as my hubby needed rest to help later so she came over around 11 and we hunkered down until about 2 am. That’s when it was confirmed with Salli and Ashley that it was time to head to Georgetown. Continued in comments…

After the birth of my last daughter my husband had scheduled a vasectomy. Little did we know, Covid would arise and his surgery was deemed “elective” and cancelled. I took this as a sign that maybe he shouldn’t get one. Even though we never rescheduled it I also never thought about having another baby. July 2022 rolled around and I learned I was pregnant with #3. My first boy! This was by far my toughest pregnancy, I gained the most weight and had way more pelvic pain. Both of my girls were early and I assumed this guy would follow suit. Week 37 came and left. 38 brought on labor pains which turned out to be prodromal labor. I had never heard of that before. It was mentally draining. It came and went for a couple more weeks. Up for hours at night, thinking I was in labor, only for contractions to finally taper off.

Fast forward to 41.2…….
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The Births of Peyton and Charlotte. February 4, 2023 - di/di boy girl twins

As soon as I found out I was pregnant I was sick. With my other kiddos, I didn't start feeling sick until closer to 8 weeks, so I had a gut feeling it may have been twins. At a 7-week ultrasound, I saw two precious heartbeats in their sacs for the first time. I immediately began researching and connecting with other natural birth twin moms--I wanted to know what my risks were going to be and how hard I would need to fight for physiologic birth. I very quickly found that I would have to fight tooth and nail for a physiologic birth in a conventional hospital setting and that a lot of midwives and birth centers risked out twin moms. Then began my search for a midwife. I quickly discovered via word of mouth that Salli had delivered twins and that she also was trained to deliver breech (which was a big deal since I knew I had a high chance of at least one being breech). Now I just had to make it to 37 weeks without complications, I held my breath and prayed often that I would make it across that line. Continued in comments….

These are the numbers to call to help the Jackson family recover their daughter.

Our Texas Midwifery Association wrote a letter clarifying the situation, where the baby was removed by CPS. Please support this family if you can.

A baby was taken from their family and the father arrested unjustly. Please spread the word and help this family get their baby back.

This is one of our mamas taking the next step to expand their family. She knows breastmilk is the best food for baby, so she’s seeking out any donors that may be able to provide breastmilk for their newborn. Thanks in advance for your help!

Central Texas Birth Center was mentioned on Dr. Stu and Blyss’s latest podcast Birthing Instincts! Listen to podcast #297 on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify. We are mentioned in te first 5 minutes. Thank you for supporting breech and twins and natural community based birth!

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The body is amazing.

Rebekah’s story is so very tender. For medical reasons she had to have a c-section at 37 weeks, after two amazing homebirths. And her little guy had a brief NICU stay due to low sats and transitioning to the outsized world. Her support team was on it so he had 24/7 love watch with Dad, Grandma and mama in the NICU. But thankfully he’s great and well above birth weight now doing fine at home with his family. Rebekah says:
We put our 3rd set of baby foot prints on the wall at Central Texas Birth Center! We are so blessed to have another healthy baby in our lives and that our dear friend Salli helped him transition to the outside world safely.

This little two weeker wasn’t so thrilled today with all the things we did today. I try and be respectful that they are tiny beings just getting used to our outside world. He needed extra cuddling between heart rate checks, weighing, and footprints on the wall. This little guy even got a lip tie revision. It was quite a day for this little man. His mama said he slept all the way home. 😢. He’s doing fine now and she said he emptied her breast for the first time since birth after they got home.

I have a client that just moved to Bastrop and hasn’t made connections there yet. She has a newborn and wants to find a pediatrician that won’t push certain medical procedures on her children. Thanks!

Anyone in Bastrop have a pediatrician or family practice doctor that they love? Preferably one that offers informed choice about the “CDC schedule”?

Look at these two lovebirds, getting an IV of Meyers Coctail at our IV workshop today, taught by Jacob Garcia, paramedic instructor.
BTW, congratulations to Ashley for passing the NARM and becoming officially a midwife!! I am so proud of her!
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We had a great time today learning techniques and practicing IVs with Jacob Garcia, paramedic instructor. Thanks for you excellent teaching Jacob.

Now taking clients due in October! 😊

Twins!
Baby A Breech!
Baby B Vertex!
27 minutes apart!
Congratulations to this sweet family! Thank you for the honor of letting us care for you. Thank you to for charting and running an IV taking care of baby B. taking care of baby A. We were missing today whose wasn’t able@to be here with her living support and photography.

The Birth of Parker

Parker was born at 10:35 pm on February 1st. Weighing 8 pounds and 8 ounces and measuring 21 inches long.

Contractions started early that morning around 4am and regressed until I took a nap around 3 pm. When I woke up around 5:00 the contractions were harder and started clocking them again.

This lil boy decided to come during an ice storm with power outages all around us except us thank goodness 🙏. Salli showed up around 7:00 pm safe and sound to us with the roads being crazy. I was measuring at 5cm when she showed up and started pushing around 10:00pm. Baby boy made his arrival at 10:35. Healthy, happy and ready for life.❤️

So thankful for Salli and the other gals who made this experience so special for us. They brought positive vibes all around and couldn’t have asked for anything more.

The Birth of Sol. On Friday, January 6, 2023, I woke up to mild contractions at around 12:30am. Hubby heard me and suggested us head out to the birth center, but I quickly told him not to worry and that I would wait it out. So he could be rested for the drive and take the girls to school in the morning. We dropped them off and told them that they will soon meet thier new sibling. It was 8am and we decided to head to Georgetown to be close to the birth center. We arrived at about 9:45am and were received by Salli, Ashley and Katie. They checked me and baby, I was dialed to a 8 and 80% effaced. Things were moving quickly or so we thought…. Cont in comments