Services
What midwifery care includes
We care for you from your first appointment until six weeks after your baby is born, all for a single fee rather than visit by visit.
Services Provided
Everything included in your care
Midwifery care is so much more than catching a baby. Throughout your pregnancy and postpartum, we’re here to help you with supplements, nutrition, sleep, anxiety, breastfeeding, and any questions that may come up.
- Home birth, including water birth
- Comprehensive prenatal care in your home or in our office
- Nutritional counseling
- Postpartum care through the first six weeks
- Breastfeeding support
- Fertility awareness counseling
- Preconception counseling
- Referrals to holistic health providers and community resources
- A lending library of books, films, and other materials
Schedule of Care
Your pregnancy and postpartum, visit by visit
- Initial visit
- A long, relaxed first appointment early in your care: your full history, baseline labs, and time to hear what you’re hoping for.
- Up to 28 weeks
- Prenatal visits every four weeks.
- 28 to 36 weeks
- Prenatal visits every two weeks.
- 36 weeks to birth
- Weekly prenatal visits, including a home visit so we know your house before the day arrives.
- Day or night
- We’re available 24 hours a day for midwifery emergencies and concerns, and when you call, you reach us, not an answering service.
- Labor and birth
- Once active labor is established, we’re with you at home continuously, through the birth and the first hours after, until you and your baby are settled and stable.
- First two weeks postpartum
- We visit you at home in the first week, then see you back at the office for your two-week appointment.
- Six weeks postpartum
- A last visit to see how you’re both doing and close out your care.
- As needed
- Extra phone calls or visits whenever you need them.
Laboratory testing and fees
We only order the standard labs you need, and we’ll always explain what each test is and why before we draw it.
Lab work is billed separately from your midwifery fee; the laboratory bills you or your insurance directly. If you’re self-pay, you can choose to purchase labs as you need them.
Fees and payment
Midwifery care is self-pay, and you choose a payment plan that spreads the cost across your pregnancy, with the total paid in full by your 36-week home visit. If you have insurance, after the birth we can submit a claim as one global fee covering your prenatal visits, birth, and postpartum care, in the hope that you’ll receive some money back as a reimbursement.
Many private plans reimburse licensed midwifery care, often as an out-of-network benefit. We’re happy to help with the paperwork you need to submit a claim. We do not accept Medicaid. We’ll share the current fee at your consultation and help you work out what your own plan will cover.
We’d love to meet you
Your first consultation is free, with no obligation. Come and meet us, bring every question on your list, and see whether we feel right for your family.