comprehensive, safe, holistic and professional care
- Maternal Wisdom Midwifery is committed to assisting women and their families to achieve the birth they desire through natural and holistic means.
- The care I provide is both highly skilled and individualized to meet each birthing family's specific needs.
- As a homebirth midwife, I am respectful of the physiological, emotional, spiritual, and cultural aspects of the birthing process.
- My role as your midwife can take many forms. I nurture, listen, advise, inform, guide, observe, and I reassure; and while I am trained to rescue, very rarely do I need to.
- As a midwife, I respond to your concerns, feel your growing belly and baby, wipe your tired brow in labor and eventually gaze at your perfect newborn asleep in your arms.
- Maternal Wisdom Midwifery strives to truly be "with women" which is the very essence of midwifery care. I believe that women and their families deserve the benefit of both skilled midwifery care and sensitivity to all the aspects of welcoming a new child.
Complementary Care
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As an independent practitioner, I work in collaboration with a Family Practice Doctor. This complementary system allows for positive, holistic and safe care for out of hospital birth. Clients are encouraged to visit the complementary care Doctor once per trimester in order to develop a relationship the provider. Should an occasion arise wherein my client would need care outside of my scope of practice. this relationship would afford seamless continuity of care. Other aspects of Maternity care provided by the Family Practice Doctor would be:
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Comprehensive Care
Prenatal appointments in the Midwifery Model of care are a time to build personal, warm, and trusting relationships, to empower women about their changing bodies, and to encourage health and creative participation. they are usually an hour in length.
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Prenatal and Postpartum Schedule:
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Tasks performed at Prenatal visit include:
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Holistic Care
I believe that holistic care is important in order to provide optimal midwifery care and that pregnancy and childbirth are not isolated experiences but rather pivotal and powerful transitions in a woman’s life. Acknowledging this, care during this time must be all encompassing, addressing multiple aspects of health and preparation. Prenatal appointments are when this process begins.
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The tapestry of care I provide takes shape in various forms, and may include:
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My collaboration with alternative care providers may include working together with:
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