You belong at home with your family.

 

 Preconception Care

 

Fertility Treatment

Preparing for pregnancy through nutrition, movement, and relationship preparation.

Pregnancy Confirmation

Blood and urine confirmation tests available.

Prenatal Care

 

1 hr Appointments

There’s no rush — let’s take the time we need to do this right.

Physical Assessment & Fetal Monitoring

Includes vitals check for mom and fetal heart rate monitoring with a handheld doppler or fetoscope.

Advanced Pelvic Care

Expert evaluation of function and preparation for birth, including referrals to the best pelvic floor physical therapists prenatally and postpartum.

Laboratory Tests

Includes standard panels such as blood typing, antibody screening, STI screening, and urine screening. Fetal DNA, gestational diabetes, and GBS screening are also available.

Rhogam for Rh- clients

Offered prenatally at 28 weeks’ or after medically-qualifying events. Also offered postpartum, if necessary.

Ultrasound

Discussion and referral for all routinely offered and medically-indicated scans. No ultrasounds are required in care. Portable ultrasound is available for dating and viability confirmation, multiples assessment, and position confirmations.

24/7 On-call Support

Speak to your midwife any time of day or night for concerns and urgent questions.

The Midwife Touch

  • Shared Decision-Making

  • Childbirth Education

  • Breastfeeding Preparation

  • Incontinence Prevention and Pelvic Health Care

85% of all pregnancies are low-risk and safe to be at home.

Labor and Birth Care

 

Risk Management

  • Home Birth between 37-42 weeks’ gestation

  • Labor Assessment

  • Vitals Monitoring

  • Fetal Monitoring

  • EMS Transport as necessary, to Olmsted Medical Center or Mayo Clinic

Wellness and Treatment

  • Prescription Medications

  • Herbal Medications

  • Antibiotics for GBS

  • Suturing at home

  • IV Fluids at home

  • Vitamin K for Newborn

  • Erythromycin Eye Ointment for Newborn

  • Newborn Blood Typing

  • Non-Pharmacological Pain Relief

The Midwife Touch

  • Continuous Support through Labor

  • Water Birth

  • Delayed Cord Clamping

  • Skin-to-Skin

  • 4 Hands: Help Partner Catch!

  • Children Welcome!

  • Placenta Tour

  • Home Birth Clean Up and Laundry

  • Witness and Protection of the Sacred

Postpartum is not 6 weeks.

It’s forever.

 Postpartum Care

 

Continuity of Care

  • Parent and Baby Physical Monitoring

  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Monitoring

  • 4 Visits and Phone Check-Ins up to 8 weeks after delivery

  • Laboratory Tests

  • Nutrition and Sleep Counseling

  • Herbal Treatments

  • Perineal Healing

  • Well Woman Care, including Paps and Birth Control

  • 24/7 On-Call Support

Newborn Care

  • In-home care Day 1 through 2 weeks of Life

  • Head to Toe Physical Exam at Delivery

  • Weight Gain Monitoring

  • Oral Assessment for tongue-tie

  • Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screening

  • MN Newborn Screening Blood Spot Test

  • MN Newborn Hearing Screening

  • Birth Certificate Registration

Breastfeeding Care

  • Latch Support

  • Nipple Pain Troubleshooting

  • Herbal Treatment for Milk Supply

  • Position Support

  • Referrals for Lactation Consultants

  • Natural Yeast Treatments