Choosing midwifery care for your pregnancy and homebirth is an invitation into a different kind of relationship — one rooted in time, trust, education, and deep respect for you and your growing family. Midwifery care is not rushed. It is not one‑size‑fits‑all. It is holistic, relational, and centered on you.
Below is a gentle walk‑through of what families can expect when they choose homebirth midwifery care, from that very first hello all the way through postpartum and beyond.
The First Step: Reaching Out & Booking a Complimentary Midwifery Consultation
Choosing Homebirth Midwifery Care
Every journey within my midwifery practice begins with a conversation.
After you reach out via the contact page, we schedule a complimentary 40‑minute consultation. This is a relaxed, no‑pressure space to connect, ask questions, and feel into whether we’re the right fit for one another.
This consultation is just as much for you as it is for me. We’ll talk about:
- Your hopes, desires, expectations and visions for your pregnancy and birth
- Your previous birth experiences (if any)
- What midwifery care and homebirth truly look like
- How I practice and what kind of support I offer
- Any questions, curiosities, or concerns on your heart
There is no obligation here — only connection. You should walk away feeling informed, supported, and clear.
If we mutually decide to move forward together, the next steps are simple and intentional:
- I will send you an electronic invite to my online portal, where there will be a care contract for you (and your partner to review and sign. There will also be a midwifery disclosure and some informed consents for you to review and sign as well before the start of care, as well as an intake form.
- A retainer is provided to secure your place in care
- We then schedule your first prenatal appointment
From there, we begin our work together, building a relationship and partnership that will walk with you through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Once you’re officially in care, prenatal visits follow a schedule similar to traditional OB care — but the experience is entirely different.
Your appointments are typically 45 minutes long, allowing space for real conversation, education, and presence. These visits take place in my office and include both clinical care and holistic support.
At prenatal visits, we may:
- Check baby’s heart tones and growth
- Monitor your vitals and overall well‑being
- Review labs and testing options
- Talk through nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle support
- Discuss emotional and mental health
- Prepare for labor, birth, and postpartum
- Discuss ways to support your transforming body and expanding family
- Answer questions — all of them, every time
There is room here to slow down. You are never “just another appointment.”
Partners, spouses, and siblings are always welcome and encouraged to attend visits. Pregnancy and birth are family experiences, and involving your loved ones helps build confidence, understanding, and connection long before labor begins.
Choosing homebirth means choosing to birth in a space that is familiar, comfortable, and deeply yours.
As a homebirth midwife, my role is to support the physiologic process of birth while holding safety, skill, and preparedness at the forefront. I also practice with humility — knowing and openly sharing that I am not God. While I wish I could guarantee outcomes, no one can create a 100% safe birth. No certificate, license, provider, or location can promise that. I cannot create a homebirth, nor can I create a perfect vision and make it come to life.
What I can do is walk with you — informed, present, and prepared.
I have completed several years of formal midwifery education and clinical training which has equipped me with the knowledge, hands-on skills, and clinical judgment to recognize normal, support it well, and identify when something begins to fall outside of it.
This includes:
- Comprehensive prenatal preparation and ongoing risk assessment
- Thoughtful, thorough birth planning conversations
- Continuous on-call availability as you approach your due window
-Bringing and maintaining necessary medical equipment and supplies
- Supporting the natural rhythms of labor while appropriately monitoring both mother and baby
- Utilizing trained skills to respond to deviations from normal and help mitigate risk when possible
- Recognizing when a change in plan or location is indicated and supporting that transition as needed
- A wise woman to walk beside you through the turns and thresholds of labor
- A steady, grounded presence when things feel intense, uncertain, or inward
- Someone who encourages you, reflects your strength back to you, and reminds you of what you already carry
- A caregiver who lifts you as the primary authority in the room — honoring your body, your baby, and your intuition (second only to God and His Spirit)
- Gentle reassurance when fear creeps in and calm anchoring when emotions rise
- Respectful guidance offered with consent, never control
- An experienced witness to normal birth who knows when to be quiet, when to speak, and when to act
- Care that honors birth as both a physiological process and a sacred, transformative experience
-Presence that protects the emotional and spiritual tone of the birth space, not just the physical one
Homebirth care blends clinical knowledge with intuition, experience, and deep respect for birth as a normal life event — not something to manage, rush, or control, but something to be supported attentively and responsibly.
Care does not end once your baby is born — in many ways, it deepens.
After birth, I remain with you for several hours to ensure both you and your baby are stable, supported, and settling in well. We assist with:
- Newborn assessments
- Feeding support
- Postpartum recovery
- Family bonding
- In the days following birth, I come to you for postpartum visits in your home.
These visits focus on:
- Your physical recovery
- Emotional well‑being
- Feeding support
- Newborn growth and adjustment
- Answering questions as they arise in real time
Around two weeks postpartum, care transitions back to the office for a visit focused on ongoing healing, baby’s development, and your adjustment into parenthood.
At approximately six weeks postpartum, we meet again for a comprehensive closing visit — honoring your recovery, your birth experience, and this transition into a new chapter.
Postpartum care is not rushed. It is intentional, supportive, and deeply honoring of the work you’ve done.
At its heart, midwifery care is about trust, education, and empowerment. It is about walking with you — not leading you, not directing you — but supporting you as you make informed choices for yourself and your baby, in full autonomy and joyful self responsibility.
You deserve care that feels human. You deserve time, respect, and presence. You deserve to be seen, heard, held and supported.
If this style of care resonates with you, I would love to connect.
Want to know more? Reach out. Let’s start the conversation!
Moving Forward: Hiring Your Midwife
Prenatal Care: Time, Education & Relationship
Homebirth Midwifery Care: Holistic, Grounded, and Intentional
Immediate Postpartum With Homebirth Midwifery: Care in the Sacred Afterglow
Continued Midwifery Postpartum Care
Community Midwifery Care Is Relationship‑Based Care
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