Massachusetts Homebirth Services, Doula, Classes, VBAC

Pregnancy is an exciting and unique time in the life of a woman. Every woman should have access to a trusted care-provider whenever concerns arise. We are available 24 hours a day so that you may feel safe, supported and honored during this life-changing time.

We view pregnancy and childbirth as normal, natural life-events which in most situations will proceed beautifully without intervention. Birth is a family-centered experience, we believe our role is to guide and support the process while enhancing the family's power of unity.

The path to an empowered pregnancy and birth is through informed choice. We will provide information and resources to assist you in making informed decisions about all of your pregnancy and birth needs. This includes extensive information on nutrition, exercise, prenatal testing and newborn care.

A strong focus of midwifery care is building a relationship of trust and honesty. For this reason, all prenatal visits will last at least one hour.

This allows ample time for all family members to feel comfortable and build a relationship with both midwives. During each visit the health and well-being of both mom and baby are monitored as well as information sharing and plenty of time for questions. Visits occur monthly until 28 weeks, twice monthly until 36 weeks and weekly until the birth.

The birth team will be in attendance throughout labor, monitoring the natural process as it unfolds, guiding as necessary. We will provide individually tailored birth care--being a constant physical and emotional support or leaving you to labor in privacy. We strongly encourage fathers/co-parents to take an active role--even catching their baby if they desire. We remain for several hours after the birth to make a meal, start laundry, do an entire clean up. We also continue assessing mom and baby. A thorough newborn exam is performed next to you, so your baby will not be separated. We ensure that both mom and baby are well and the entire family is settled before we leave.

Complications are rare because of the excellent health status of our clients and because of the preventive care prenatally. But if there is a situation that begins to develop, it is addressed skillfully at home or transported to an area hospital as necessary. We carry emergency equipment/ pharmaceuticals for hemorrhage and newborn resuscitation in addition to herbal and homeopathic remedies. If transport becomes necessary we will remain in attendance as labor support through the birth.

Care during the postpartum period is essential to a woman's complete recovery as well as her long-term health. Postpartum home visits occur on day one, day three, and day five. We will give you the proper documentation for the birth certificate and social security at this time.Then we come back around two weeks and around six weeks postpartum. The physical and emotional well-being of the entire family is addressed as well complete newborn care.