Midwife Mieko Aoki Stewart

     I am a Home Birth Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), a Licensed Midwife in Hawai`i (LM), a Certified Body Ready Method Pro (BRM) and a Certified Herbalist on the island of Kaua`i.  My introduction to midwifery was through Whapio at The House of La Matrona intensive in 2009.  Her wholistic paradigm clarified and brought to the forefront the immense importance and need to support women in labor, birth and the postpartum, where the mother is at!  I graduated from the National College of Midwifery along with phenomenal apprenticeship experiences with midwives Laura Roe, LM, Anita Rojas, LM, & Lori Kimata, ND to become a competent loving home birth midwife for our community. I strongly believe in autonomy and respect your choices without judgement. I’m honored to witness women’s transformations, breakthroughs, challenges, fears, bliss, awakenings, expansions, releases and their healing.  I thank every mother for teaching and shining their light in this journey.  For the mothers are the practitioners of birth and with their lead, there is the next generation and so much to pass on.

The Body Ready Method (BRM) is based on bringing awareness to your Upper Body, Core, Pelvis, Pelvic floor and Movement Patterns. I guide you with specific body movements so you can incorporate these into your daily movements during pregnancy to help you have a more efficient birth, minimize pregnancy aches and pains, optimize recovery, minimize unnecessary abdominal separation and pelvic floor dysfunction, and optimize pelvic floor responsiveness! You will learn how amazing your body is even more! I share with you the deep understanding I have to help you prepare for your desired birth. This can support you in experiencing a smooth transition into recovery and postpartum so you can go on to dance with your babe!

I have deep love and respect for the plants that feed us, nourish us, heal us and give us oxygen to breathe.  My joy is to blend herbal remedies and spread the plant juices to anyone who may be open to be touched by the spirit of the plants.  I love sharing what they have taught me. I have been offering consultation in reproductive health since 2003, with a wide array of nutritional ideas, movement exercises and herbal remedies.

I continue to uphold the traditional teachings of Maya Way of Healing for Women (abdominal & uterine care techniques and healing practices) as trained by a Traditional Yucateca Maya herbalist and spiritual healer, the late Miss Beatrice Waight of Belize.  I teach self-care techniques and herbal remedies to anyone interested.  My focus is fertility, digestive system restoration, energetic balancing and good health!

I speak Japanese, some Spanish, and learning `ōlelo Hawai`i .  I enjoy cooking, eating nice meals with my hubby, friends and playing games! Love the beach walks and big hikes in the forest, especially with my pups. Planting, harvesting and making herbal medicine delight my soul! And ceremonially at night, rest and stare at the moon and stars while listening to the waves pound on the cliffs of Moloa`a.  

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Home Birth Midwifery Care

     With Aoki Birthing Care midwives, yes apprentices too, we care for you & your baby throughout your whole pregnancy, labor, birth and postnatal period!  This is called continuity of care. Through your pregnancy & birth journey, we learn about each other and build a trusting bond.  We understand that birth is a normal life event and trust the body's physiological process.  This has been found to decrease labor time as well as any unnecessary interventions.  We also understand the importance of care and attending to the needs of women after giving birth and to your newborn during the first six weeks of life.  Your prenatal visits are at the office.  Care for your labor, birth and all but the last postnatal visit are at your home! This is to encourage you to stay home to recover, rebuild and restore yourself before walking out to the world after each birth. Did you know your uterus takes six weeks to return to her pre-pregnant size & health? This is no coincidence that our ancestors knew to care for our mothers for 42 days after birth! And there is one more visit at 3 months after birth to check on your abdominal health and healing, scheduled as needed.