Our Services
Initial Free Consultation
Prenatal Care
Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum Care
Postpartum Care for Mom and Baby
Well Women Care
Initial Free Consultation
We offer a one hour meet-and-greet consultation. We will happily answer your questions over a cup of tea or coffee, while we get to know each other and decide if we are the right fit for each other.
Prenatal Care
Our prenatal appointments last for approximately an hour. The desire is to build a provider-client relationship based on mutual understanding, trust, and familiarity. During our appointments together, we will address your concerns and answer questions regarding your pregnancy and overall physical and emotional well-being. Appointments occur every four weeks until 28-32 weeks, then every two weeks until 36 weeks, and finally once a week until birth.
Additionally, the philosophy and practices regarding deficiencies and illnesses in pregnancy is that, whenever possible, we utilize holistic and nutritional approaches before allopathic (Western) medicines. We are skilled in the use of herbal treatments and recommend them, as appropriate, for pregnancy, as well as homeopathic remedies. As with any recommended treatment be it holistic or allopathic, we discuss your comfortability, and allow you to decide which treatment best fits your needs.
During prenatal care, we strive to help you maintain optimal health during your pregnancy in order to keep you and your baby safe, and have an uncomplicated birth. The following are routine monitoring procedures and assessments that will be done at each visits:
Checking your vitals (blood pressure and pulse)
Urinalysis
Nutritional analysis
Measuring uterine growth
Monitoring fetal growth
Assessing fetal heart rate
Assessing fetal position
In regards to laboratory work and prenatal testing, we offer and can do at-home blood draws during your prenatal appointment when necessary. We strongly recommend early lab work in order to find out your blood type, Rh factor, and your baselines which will provide ample time to correct any deficiencies present. As with all laboratory work and prenatal testing, we will thoroughly discuss all your options, allowing you to decide what is best for you and your family.
We also can make ultrasound referrals to a radiology clinic of your choice.
Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum Care
We trust in the birth process, and believe in the mother's body and ability to bring forth her child into this world. As your midwives, we approach every birth as a sacred guardian. We are there to observe, serve, protect, and monitor you and your baby's well-being. Every labor is uniquely different, and every woman labors differently, and every woman and her partner have different physical and emotional needs during labor. Although we desire to intervene as little as possible to allow you, your body, your baby, and your partner to work together; we stand on ready to provide whatever need of yours may arise during that time.
When labor begins and depending on your need, one or both midwives will come to your home to check on you and baby. As labor progresses, both midwives will be in attendance. We will remain with you throughout labor and birth, and at a minimum three hours following the birth to ensure that both you and the baby are doing well. Before the midwives depart, a thorough newborn exam is performed, we make sure breastfeeding is established and going well, and your vital signs are normal. We also provide comprehensive postpartum and newborn care instructions. We also have experience and skill in waterbirth. We are more than happy to accommodate waterbirth in your home if desired either in our inflated birth tubs or your own tub.
Postpartum Care for Mom and Baby
Just like the compassionate and skilled care provided prenatally, midwives are capable and qualified to provide similar care for you and your newborn up to six weeks postpartum. During the first week postpartum, we will come to your home one day after the birth to assess you and your newborn. If additional visits are necessary within the first week postpartum those can be arranges at no additional charge. Additionally postpartum visits occur at one week, two weeks, four weeks, and six weeks. We care about your recovery as well as your emotional well-being for you and your newborn, if you or your baby need additional visits those can be arranged at no additional charged. This is an example of tailoring your care to suit your individual needs.
Well Women Care
We love to see our clients again, even if you are not pregnant, and new clients just seeking gynecological care. We offer routine well-woman care visits, including Pap smears, breast exams, and fertility and birth control counseling.
Insurance
If you would like to utilize your private insurance, we use a third party biller, Birth Professional Billing, that specialize in out-of-hospital midwifery billing. You are welcome to a free verification of benefits from our biller at any time.
Fullscript
We have an established non-profit Fullscript account where our clients have access to a wide variety of vitamins and supplements at deeply discounted prices.
