HOMEBIRTH & MIDWIFERY CARE

It is an honor to serve families during such a transformational time in their lives, and it is a gift to be able to witness not only the birthing person's raw strength and power, but to watch them experience the deep love that comes with getting to know their new baby. At Sage Midwifery, we believe in giving elite care to ensure the families we serve are thriving.

Prenatal Care

Midwifery care with Sage Midwifery spans through pregnancy, labor, birth, and 12 weeks postpartum. Pregnant people may come into care as soon as they know that they are pregnant, and at times we are able to take “late to care” transfers. The first trimester is the most crucial time of pregnancy- when the embryo is building all of their organs. The goal is to work together as soon as possible to help set up your mind, body and spirit in the most optimal way with a focus on nourishment, adequate rest and self love. A pregnant client can expect to see the midwives on the schedule listed below with prenatal and postpartum appointments lasting at least an hour. In addition to the more clinical parts of care like monitoring blood pressure, listening to fetal heart tones, and measuring the pregnant person’s belly, the midwife and client discuss topics including nutrition, parenting, sex, and stress. Midwifery care is client-centered and there is no hierarchy between provider and client. For example, a midwife has ‘clients’, not ‘patients’--and it is these nuances in care (and our language!) that make it holistic and centered on the pregnant person and their family.

The typical prenatal schedule is:

-Once per month until 28 weeks

-Every two weeks until 36 weeks

-Weekly until birth

NEW ADDITION TO OUR MIDWIFERY PACKAGE!

-Sacred Birth Circle: A Group Prenatal. In the third trimester, clients who are in the same due window will join together in the Sage Midwifery office for a 2 hour visit focused on the final emotional and mental preparations as you grow your family. It includes a vitals and a “belly check” in one of the private clinic rooms, a group journaling session (journal included) to write to your baby and explore your hopes and dreams for them, and group crafting time to make labor and birth affirmations to hang in your birthing space. This counts as one of your prenatal visits!

Birth and Postpartum Care

**The Midwives go on call 24/7 for clients beginning at 37 weeks, and attend the labor, birth, and immediate postpartum. After birth, Sage Midwifery clients have SIX visits in the postpartum period:

-24-72 hours

-7-10 days

-2 weeks

- 4 weeks

- 6 weeks

-12 weeks

Postpartum visits last 60-90 minutes as Certified Professional Midwives are licensed and trained to care for the well-newborn for up to six weeks as well.  During postpartum visits we weigh baby, do vitals on parent and baby, and discuss breastfeeding/chestfeeding and any other topics that may arise.

Midwives are able to draw and order lab work, as well as order ultrasounds. We also do the newborn metabolic screen and newborn critical congenital heart defect screening (CCHD) 24 hours postpartum. We give parents a referral for the newborn hearing screen.