services

Services Provided:

• A prenatal visit to discuss:
  • medical and family history
  • birth expectations and fears
  • questions from your childbirth class
  • extensive information regarding the dynamics of labor and delivery
  • role definitions of the people attending your birth
  • your options during labor including methods for pain relief
  • postnatal expectations
• Twenty-four hour on-call beginning two weeks before the projected due date
• Early labor support individualized to the client’s needs
• Continuity of care once active labor has begun until 2-3 hours postpartum
• Assists in maintaining a calm, productive atmosphere
• Advocacy between the hospital staff and client
• A postpartum visit to discuss healing, infant care, adjustment issues
• Lactation education and breastfeeding support\unlimited phone and email support
• Pictorial and birth story with a handmade gift for your baby

Expectations of the Client:

• Open, honest communication on issues that will have a bearing on your childbirth experience
• Updates regarding your prenatal visits
• Contact me during business hours unless it is an emergency ( 8:00 am – 8:00 pm )
• Call me at the start of labor or when your water breaks. Contact me every 3 hours thereafter to keep me informed on your status
• Follow my postnatal advice, which includes:
• At least 10 days of solid rest after the baby’s birth.
• Drink plenty of fluids and eat nourishing meals.
• REST – nap with your baby is napping.
• Do not begin dieting or heavy exercising until your 6 week appointment with your healthcare provider.
• If your bleeding has turned pink or brown, the goes back to red, you are doing too much! Put your feet up and take it easy.
• Call me every week, for 4 weeks, after your baby’s birth.
• Call me right away if you have any postpartum concerns, breast-feeding issues, baby-blues etc.
• Enjoy this time! Consider it a “baby moon.” Give you baby kisses, nurse when you can and enjoy the bonding time. You have the whole rest of your life to manage schedules and be busy.