We honor and respect the diversity of all families. Homebirth Midwifery Care People who choose homebirth see pregnancy as a normal healthy process. Homebirth Midwifery care includes complete prenatal care, labwork, nutritional counseling, homebirth care, postpartum care, newborn exams, and recomendation and assistance in using alternative therapies such as Reiki, massage, yoga, AquaNatal, nutrition, meditation, hydrotherapy, exercise, herbs and homeopathy to acheive and maintain a health pregnancy. Giving birth in the calm, loving atmosphere of your own home has many advantages.
Women work with their body, relaxing and allowing labor to progress at it's own pace.
The laboring women is in familiar surroundings and has the ability to move around freely, take showers or baths, and to take walks. She maintains support from her partner and loved ones as well as continued care from her midwife. Statistics indicate that for the low-risk woman and her child, the morbidity and mortality rates are lower in a planned homebirth with a midwife than for matched populations of birthing women in the hospital. Women already have the wisdom within them to give birth. Women can become empowered through birth.