Midwifery Care and Home Birth

Prenatal Care

Each pregnancy is different and we will offer you personalized care at each appointment to encourage healthy pregnancy.

In the prenatal period, a trusting relationship is built between the family and the midwife. Families can integrate the education and resources provided during care to make informed choices. I task parents, who are given the opportunity to take an active role in birthing choices, to help strengthens confidence in their ability to parent in all stages.

Prenatal Appointments:

•  0-28 weeks- Monthly

•  29-35 weeks- Bi-monthly

•  36 weeks until birth - Weekly

Prenatal appointments are typically 45 minutes to an hour. Included in your care is Standard OB/ prenatal panel, prenatal lab work including Gestational Diabetes Screening, and GBS testing. It is our goal to promote wellness, education, and quality care.

Labor and Birth Care

Enjoy the freedom to labor embodied in your own intuition with a skilled provider attentively supporting you. Home birth, water birth, or land birth – you have the freedom to choose in the moment. Since you have received comprehensive prenatal care, you can let go and focus on birth.

During your labor, we will check in during each stage, then join you in your home when you have reached active labor. When we arrive, we will:

•  Monitor the transition of you and the baby, to ensure you are safe and healthy.

•  Guide you and offer support for the emotional stages of labor

•  Support you through birth of your child and the delivery of your placenta

In the immediate postpartum period, we will:

•  Remain by your side for average of 3 hours

•  Monitor the transition of you and baby to ensure you are safe and healthy

•  Encourage family bonding

•  Provide lactation support to promote successful breast/chest feeding relationship

•  Perform a full newborn exam

•  Clean up your home. We want you to eat, rest, and heal.

Postpartum Care Visits

Postpartum visits are meant to help assess wellness for the birthing parent and the baby. We encourage healing, family bonding, and provide support for a successful chest/ breastfeeding relationship, in-home.

Postpartum Appointments:

I want you and your family to focus on your rest for optimal recovery, normalize postpartum healing, while supporting this new life and supporting them to thrive.

First baby or VBAC 

•  24-48hr postpartum 

•  1 week postpartum

•  2 weeks postpartum 

•  4 weeks is an optional visit

•  6 weeks we discuss family planning options this appointment concludes care.

Second baby and beyond

•  24-48hr postpartum 

•  1 week postpartum

•  3 weeks postpartum 

•  6 weeks we discuss family planning options this appointment concludes care.

If you need us in between those appointments we are on call and always there for you.

In addition to our standard services, we also provide Placenta Encapsulation and Belly Binding as additional services (see services and rate page)