Midwifery Services

Our care ultimately begins with an initial interview to answer your questions about midwifery care and decide if we are a good fit.

Prenatal Care: Creating a Relationship

Prenatal visits at your home on a schedule that is the standard in the local obstetric and midwifery communities:
- once a month at the beginning
- twice a month 28-36 weeks
- weekly from 36 weeks until you give birth
Gain skills and information that will help you navigate labor and birth
Receive support and referrals in response to your physical and emotional needs and information about optimizing the health of you and your baby through nutrition, rest, and stress reduction
Discussion of the full range of tests and treatments available in standard obstetric care to allow you to make informed choices throughout your experience - blood draws are done in home; referrals provided for ultrasound

Phone contact with your midwife to help support you during early labor and decide when it is time for her to join you at home
Careful and respectful monitoring of both mom and baby's well-being
Referrals for waterbirth tub rentals - clients are encouraged to have a tub available to them for comfort during labor
Available newborn procedures are discussed in advance and your choices are verified with you at the time of birth

Your midwife stays with you at home for approximately 3 hours following birth
Follow up home visits at 24hrs, 1 week, 3 weeks, and 6 weeks, with phone and email correspondence throughout
Breastfeeding support, including help with positioning, latch, and common initial challenges - referrals for an IBCLC provided as needed