Choosing the righ provider

One of the most important decisions you must make during your pregnancy is choosing the right provider, one who shares your philosophy about birth. To help you with this process, we offer a free consultation to give you an opportunity to feel if we are a good fit for each other.

What to expect during your prenatal visits

With each prenatal visit, we focus not only on your well-being but also on preparing you for a home birth. The first visit is usually about an hour to an hour and a half long, Subsequent visits are usually about an hour long. During the initial visit, we review some forms and consent, review your health history and draw labs and other tests if indicated, and of course, listen to your baby’s heart rate. Once that is done, we formulate a plan specific for you to have a healthy pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding journey.

Labs and ultrasounds

As a convenience to our clients, your midwife will draw labs if indicated during the visit and will drop the specimens to the labs for processing. Ultrasounds are referred out.

Tips for a successful homebirth

  • Find a midwife who is skilled and is confident and experienced in homebirth, someone you feel that you can connect with.

  • Receive appropriate prenatal care

  • Eat healthy and exercise so that your weight gain is adequate, this helps in avoiding high blood pressure and other complications during pregnancy

  • Consider joining a yoga class and getting adjusted by a chiropractor who specializes in pregnancy

  • Inform yourself through reading, attending classes, watching videos and other resources

  • Join the homebirth community on Facebook, attend a local homebirth meeting in your area.

  • Plan to have an adequate support system in place during labor and the postpartum period. Consider hiring a doula for extra support.

How much does a homebirth cost?

Our home birth services are priced at $6,000. This includes:

  • All routine prenatal visits

  • Support and advocacy throughout the birthing journey

  • A care plan crafted to your individual needs

  • Attendance at your birth by the midwife and her birth assistant

  • Three postpartum consultations

Clients also have 24/7 on-call service for emergencies or labor assessment.

Insurance

For us to provide the unrushed, personalized care that we do, we have elected to remain out of network with insurances. We do accept HSA cards and offer flexible payment plans to help our clients manage the cost of our services. We can provide an itemized bill for clients who have a private health insurance or are a member of a health share program.

What emergency equipment do we bring with us?

We are often asked this question and we are happy to demonstrate the high level of preparedness for an out-of-hospital birth. So, what do we bring at each delivery? Literally, we bring about the same emergency equipment that is available on a hospital maternity ward or birthing center and because we never know when we are called to a delivery, we carry our equipment with us at all time.

We mostly use herbal tinctures, essential oils and homeopathy but should these remedies not be sufficient, we also carry most medications commonly used on a maternity ward such as Oxygen, IV fluids, different medications including antibiotics and medications if mom is bleeding, equipment to draw blood if needed, sutures, instruments, and Lidocaine for repairs, urinary catheters, speculum, gloves, disinfectant, bulb syringes, cord clamps, amnio hooks, flashlight. We also bring an electric heating pad to warm up bath towels for mom and baby, a rebozo, , a peanut ball and TENS.

How are complications handled?

When honoring the physiologic birth process, complications rarely arise and may require your midwife to intervene or recommend transferring to a higher level of care.  Our midwife maintains her midwifery credentials by staying current with her midwifery certification, Basic Life Support (formerly known as CPR), and the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). Additionally, she attended the Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST) program several times over the years. Our midwife’s vigilant attention, vast knowledge, and broad experience will ensure that you and your baby are safe under her care.