After giving birth to spontaneous fraternal triplets in 2019, local educator and mother of four girls Meg Muth thought her family’s biggest surprises were behind her. Then she discovered she was pregnant again — this time with a little boy.
Muth and her husband, Jacob, both educators in Sheridan County, had previously welcomed their oldest daughter, Emma, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital nine years earlier. Later, after experiencing a high-risk pregnancy with their triplets — Maybelle, June and Anne — Muth delivered the babies via C-section in Billings and spent several months navigating life in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Despite being offered the option to return to Billings for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) delivery, Muth said the positive experience she and Jacob had while welcoming Emma at Sheridan Memorial Hospital made their decision easy.
“We just had such a great experience delivering Emma in Sheridan that we knew we wanted to have Jude here,” Muth said.
Throughout her pregnancy, Muth received prenatal care at Sheridan Memorial Hospital Women’s Clinic and developed strong connections with many of the hospital’s labor and delivery nurses. Several of the nurses were already familiar faces through Muth’s work teaching early childhood education certification courses at Sheridan College and leading the Kindler program, a free community program where children ages 0 – 5 and their parents or caregivers learn through play together in an active, engaging environment.
“I see them as mothers first,” Muth said. “Throughout my pregnancy, I asked them a lot of questions. Going from a triplet C-section birth to a singleton C-section birth, I wasn’t quite sure what delivering here would look like. What I loved was that, if they didn’t have an immediate answer, they made sure to find one for me.”
While Jude was originally scheduled to arrive via C-section, he made his debut a little earlier than expected when Muth’s water broke late one night during an early March snowstorm. The hospital’s labor and delivery team quickly mobilized as Muth and her husband made their way to Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
When they arrived, the community connections surrounding Muth made her feel immediately supported and comforted.
“I’m greeted at the hospital’s front desk by the grandmother of one of the children in my Kindler program, and she walks me to the labor and delivery unit, where the nurse prepping me is one of my Kindler moms,” Muth recalled. “It was a really incredible experience to see these moms in a professional light and realize they’re just as incredible as nurses as they are as mothers.”
Even Jacob had a familiar connection in the room. One of the nurses, Destiny Garriffa, was mentoring a Sheridan College nursing student during the delivery — a student who had once been one of Jacob’s elementary school students.
“I can see why Sheridan College nursing students do as well as they do,” Muth said. “I really valued seeing all these people outside of where I normally see them, with the roles reversed. I’m used to teaching and supporting them, and now I’m the mother and they’re the professionals.”
Jude was born shortly after 1 am on March 13, 2026, via C-section.
While the delivery included some unexpected challenges related to scar tissue from her previous C-section and some breathing issues for Jude after delivery, Muth said the calm communication and reassurance from her care team helped ease her anxiety throughout the procedure.
“Dr. Capron, Dr. Scalva and Dr. Brauer explained everything that was happening,” she said. “I’m a pretty mellow person, but I was pretty sick and a little panicky at the time, and they picked up on that right away and calmed me down.”
Muth said she and her husband were especially grateful for the teamwork and communication between nurses, physicians, pediatricians and CNAs throughout their stay. This included OB/GYN physicians Dr. Lindsay Capron and Dr. Elisabeth Scalva, anesthesiologist Dr. Kirk Brauer, pediatricians Dr. Suzanna Oss and Dr. Michael Sanderson, nurses Destiny Garriffa, Barbara Green, Julia Morris, Breanna Julien, Hanneah Passini and Jennifer Keegan and certified nursing assistant (CNA) Nichole Thompson.
“Everybody communicated so well,” Muth said. “Even with shift changes, nobody missed a beat.”
Muth also appreciated the way staff throughout the hospital cared not only for Jude, but for her entire family, including her four daughters, who frequently visited the hospital throughout her pregnancy and after Jude’s birth.
“We knew our daughters wouldn’t get the chance to experience something like this again,” Muth said. “So we brought them to a lot of my appointments. During one of our sonograms, Sarah Schneider and Becky Olson welcomed them and included them in the experience. After Jude was born, I’d hear them coming down the hallway, and everybody greeted them.”
One moment that especially stood out to Muth was the support she received after Jude struggled to latch while breastfeeding. She credits labor and delivery nurse Jazz Scott for helping her gain confidence during a difficult moment.
“Jazz spent 30 to 45 minutes right there helping me,” Muth said. “She showed me how to position myself and the baby so he could latch correctly. Because of the time she took, it worked. The way she explained things made so much sense, and when I went home, I didn’t feel overwhelmed.”
Reflecting on her experience, Muth said one thing consistently stood out during her pregnancy, delivery and recovery: she always felt supported.
“You’re going to be well taken care of from beginning to end,” she said. “I never felt like I couldn’t ask a question or come in if I needed help. Everybody had our backs.”
Muth hopes other families in Sheridan recognize the quality of care available close to home.
“We’re in a community that has a really great hospital,” she said. “We should feel hopeful knowing the care we’re going to receive is the best — and that’s true for Sheridan.”
At Sheridan Memorial Hospital, we believe every birth experience is unique, and every family deserves a voice in their care. From the earliest stages of pregnancy through delivery and postpartum recovery, our team takes a collaborative approach to ensure you feel supported, informed and empowered every step of the way. To learn more about labor and delivery services at Sheridan Memorial Hospital, visit https://www.sheridanhospital.org/medical-services/womens-health/.