Midwifery Care

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• Initial 60-minute prenatal consultation to review your health history, goals, and vision for your care.
• Welcoming family environment—partners and children are always welcome at appointments.
• Prenatal visits that follow the standard midwifery schedule (monthly until 28 weeks, every two weeks until 36 weeks, then weekly until your birth), with additional visits available as needed.
• Ample time at every visit to check on your and your baby’s well-being, answer all questions, and discuss upcoming tests, procedures, and choices available to you.
• Nutritional guidance and education tailored for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery.
• Postpartum planning support and assistance in creating personalized birth and postpartum care plans.
• Client workbook and access to our lending library to support your learning throughout pregnancy.
• Access to homeopathic, herbal, and dietary supplement protocols for common pregnancy discomforts, with individualized follow-up.
• Body Work to prepare you for Birth 
• In-office lab testing and referrals for ultrasounds or other services as needed.
• Facilitated referrals to trusted professionals worldwide, including chiropractors, lactation consultants, and doulas.
• Ongoing support:
   
  • Phone/text/email support throughout pregnancy.
  • 24/7 on-call availability beginning at 37 weeks.

Homebirth offers expectant parents a unique opportunity to welcome their baby into the world in a personalized, intimate setting. It emphasizes the natural process of childbirth while prioritizing the comfort and autonomy of the birthing mother. Homebirth is a great option to low-risk families.  Explore the transformative experience of homebirth—a journey defined by love, strength, and the timeless beauty of new beginnings. 

Labor and Delivery 

You will have two midwives at your birth. Midwives are skilled and watchful. They are there observing, making sure all is normal. If you need suggestions or assistance, we are there for you. If a situation arises where our expertise and skills are needed, we are at the ready to step in.

What to expect:

• Intermittent fetal monitoring and assessment
• Monitoring of all vitals including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, fluid input and output, and comfort levels.
• No routine IV’s
• The option of laboring and birthing in the water, if desired
• Strategizing around rest, nourishment, and hydration
• Ability to have a water birth with a free birth pool rental 
• Care in the first 2-4 hours after the baby is born including: continued monitoring of wellness for both the birthing person and baby, a full newborn exam, establishing breast feeding, and light tidying
• Our midwives are prepared and trained in the event that an intervention is necessary; we carry tinctures, naturopathic remedies, neonatal resuscitation equipment, suturing equipment, IV supplies, and will initiate and coordinate EMS in the case of a transfer to the hospital.

Waterbirth is always an option. Birth tubs are included with your midwifery care.

Your birth plan is individualized to your wants, your needs, your desires, and your beliefs. We want your birth to be a memorable, safe, supported and cherished day. 

Most insurance companies provides breast pump coverage, and I can help get that authorized and ordered for you.

While I can help with most lactation and nursing issues, if you have a challenge that needs more extensive care, I have several IBCLC's that I can refer you to for the highest level of lactation consultations.