A standard midwifery schedule: Visits every 4 weeks until 28 weeks Visits every 2 weeks until 36 weeks Weekly visits until birth Extra appointments as needed Longer visits: Each appointment lasts about 45–60 minutes, giving us time to talk through all your questions and concerns In-home birth team visit: Around 36–37 weeks, we’ll meet at your home with your full birth team (including anyone you plan to invite into your birth space) to prepare and make sure you feel supported. Once your labor begins, we’ll stay in close contact until I come to your home to monitor you and your baby. Your birth experience is yours — you choose how you labor, and I’m there to support you and your comfort every step of the way. When it’s time to welcome your baby, my assistant (a second Licensed Midwife) joins us to help provide care. After your baby is born, I’ll stay until you and your baby are stable and settled in. I’ll remain on-call for you throughout your first six weeks postpartum.

My doula services fall under monitrice care. A Monitrice combines the emotional and physical support of a doula with some clinical skills, such as monitoring fetal heart tones or checking cervical dilation but does not offer full prenatal care throughout pregnancy. A monitrice does not offer antibiotics, anti-hemorrhagic medications such as Cytotec or Pitocin, or other medications in pregnancy, labor, or postpartum. Monitrice services include clinical skills during labor support for clients that plan to have a hospital or birth center birth, such as: Continuous Labor Support Monitoring client vitals Fetal heart rate monitoring for clients who want to labor at home and feel the need for reassurance of basic vital signs. A monitrice may also offer vaginal/cervical checks for dilation. This option is for clients that want or need to birth in the hospital, but would like supplemental midwifery care (which includes postpartum care!).