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Midwifery Care
Skilled medical care & intuitive guidance for a healthy pregnancy, empowered home birth, & nourished postpartum.
Homebirth Services:
* medical labs & testing, as needed
* 1-hr prenatal visits (monthly/weekly)
* nutritional counseling
* pelvic floor instruction
* unlimited phone & email consultation
* birth/delivery
* partner support & guidance
* midwifery team
* local referrals & recommendations
* 1 Postpartum
Belly Binding
* 1 Postpartum
Bone Closing
6 weeks Postpartum Care
:
Skilled medical care for mama/baby unit. Includes breastfeeding expertise, postpartum healing, weight gain, sleeping & bonding, natural healing.
visits at: Day 1, 3, 7, Week 2 & 6.
(more visits if needed)
bodywork, belling binding, & more...
In the countries with the best pregnancy outcomes, midwives are the primary providers of care to pregnant women.
"The midwife's most basic task is to promote the mother's relaxation and peace of mind. Beyond her repertoire of medical techniques, her skills encompass less concrete abilities to intuit, evoke, & channel energy "
INTERVENTION
PLANNED HOME BIRTH vs. HOSPITAL BIRTH
Induction of labor (only with oxytocin or prostaglandins) 2.1% 21%
Stimulation of labor (only with oxytocin) 2.7% 18.9%
Electronic fetal monitoring 9.6% 84.3%
Episiotomy
2.1%
33%
Vacuum Extraction 0.6% 5.5%
Cesarean Section
3.7% 19%
DID YOU KNOW? Midwives:
Decrease:
* the Cesarean rate & u
se of regional anesthesia
* Labor induction and augmentation
* Infant mortality rates
* Preterm birth
Increase
:
* Satisfaction with quality of care
* Chances of having a positive start to breastfeeding