FAQ
Have questions?
Here’s some answers!
How do i go about hiring a homebirth midwife?
Click here for our simple guide in finding/ hiring a homebirth midwife!
How does payment work?
Our all-inclusive midwifery fee is currently $6,800 for 2024. Our fee will be increasing to $7,000 to 2025. Please review our What We Offer page for more information about what is included in our fee.
I am not in-network for any insurance companies, but I am happy to get you in touch with a professional billing specialist to see if you are eligible for reimbursement & they can also provide you with a superbill if needed.
I want my care to be accessible for those who want it and I don’t want for cost to be a barrier to accessing my care. With that being said, I offer discounts for those on Medicaid, early pay, cash pay, c0-care and I also encourage barters. Do not be afraid to reach out based on cost, we can usually find a way to make it work together!
If you are not currently pregnant, but hoping for a homebirth, consider signing up for a health share instead. Some examples of highly recommended health shares that other clients of mine have used are, Samaritan Ministries, Christian Healthcare Ministries, and Zion Health. They cover homebirth midwifery care 100% and would cover a hospital transfer if necessary as well. They are a great alternative to traditional health insurance for those planning to give birth at home.
For those looking for holistic midwifery prenatal, postpartum, and well body GYN care. I offer appointments weekly. Sliding scale available for those who are currently uninsured, unemployed or on Medicaid.
Please be in touch with any questions!
How do I transfer care to you?
Great! You’ve decided that a homebirth is the right choice for you and your family! There are two options:
Get your records from your current provider. It’s great to just have a copy for yourself, so let them know you’d like a copy of your records (any ultrasounds, labwork, prior labor and delivery report, and current prenatal chart) are all helpful to have. You can also have them faxed directly to me 856-823-1811.
Stay with your current hospital based care provider for collaborative care. You can continue appointments with them, most people do an abbreviated schedule of care for instance: 20 weeks for the anatomy scan, 28 weeks for GDM screening and 36 weeks for GBS testing. This is a great option especially for VBACs. In case you needed to transfer you would have an established relationship with this practice and your labwork/ ultrasounds would already be one file.
Can you share your statistics?
Click here to view my statistics. The most common reason was for maternal exhaustion. My current transfer rate is 10% as of 2/2023. I am happy to share my statistics with you. I believe in full transparency & encourage you to ask any provider you are interviewing for their transfer rate, cesarean rate, etc.
What happens if i need to transfer?
As a homebirth midwife my goal is NOT for you to have a homebirth. My goal is for both you and baby to be healthy and safe. 90% of the time for my clients that happens at home, the other 10% that happens in the hospital. I do not wait for an emergency to happen. If there are any red flags indicating that it may not be safe to continue at home, we collectively make the decision to transfer to the hospital for a healthy outcome.
Prior to COVID-19, I could join you in the hospital and take the role of a support person or doula. But, as of now, I am no longer joining clients in the hospital in the case of a transfer. I recommend hiring a doula for your birth, especially for first time parents. Doulas are able to join in the hospital. We can talk this through in more detail in person if you have further questions.
The most common reason for transport is maternal exhaustion. I cannot stress enough the importance of resting in early labor, especially for first time birthers. While I encourage natural birth to any and everyone who desires one, sometimes an epidural and rest is a wonderful tool to get a baby out…
Is Homebirth Safe?
Check this study out here, which confirms that not only is homebirth safe for low risk clients who choose to birth at home with midwives, but there are also positive health benefits both for the birthing client & their baby.
“At every step of the way, midwives are providing excellent care. This study enables families, providers and policymakers to have a transparent look at the risks and benefits of planned home birth as well as the health benefits of normal physiologic birth.”- Geradine Simkins, CNM, MSN
Here is another great study to check out, which was done in the Netherlands. The conclusion of that study: “We found no increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes for planned home births among low-risk women. Our results may only apply to regions where home births are well integrated into the maternity care system.”
I encourage you to do all of the research on the safety of homebirth in order to make a truly informed choice.
what is the midwives model of care?
The Midwives Model of Care™ is a fundamentally different approach to pregnancy and childbirth than contemporary obstetrics. Midwifery care is uniquely nurturing, hands-on care before, during, and after birth. Midwives are health care professionals specializing in pregnancy and childbirth who develop a trusting relationship with their clients, which results in confident, supported labor and birth. While there are different types of midwives practicing in various settings, all midwives are trained to provide comprehensive prenatal care and education, guide labor and birth, address complications, and care for newborns. The Midwives Model of Care™ is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life events. The Midwives Model of Care includes:
monitoring the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle
providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support
minimizing technological interventions and
identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention.
The application of this model has been proven to reduce to incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.
(Midwives Model of Care definition is Copyrighted © by the Midwifery Task Force, all rights reserved)