Services
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We invite you to receive personalized, family-centered care from holistic, professional health care providers. We are staffed by people working together with you to meet our needs during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. We are the perfect choice for healthy women seeking personal care and families wanting to be involved.
Home Sweet Home Birth offers both homebirth and
birth center birth options. Waterbirth is a specialty
of the midwives. We provide portable birthing pools
for home waterbirths.
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We offer a comprehensive holistic program of care. Your individualized care begins with your first prenatal visit. We provide a program of education for pregnancy, nutrition, labor support, baby care, and general women’s health. Your family and friends are welcome to participate in your care. This method of care gives you confidence in your ability to give birth, balancing the human touch and technology.
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Most importantly, care at Home Sweet Home Birth gives you the time that you deserve.
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Time to listen to you and answer your questions
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Time to stay with you throughout your labor and birth
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Time to help you, your new baby, and your family, get the best possible start.
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Midwifery is different from obstetrics. Midwifery care is provided by professionally trained midwives who practice a wellness and holistic approach to pregnancy, birth and women’s health care. Midwifery care focuses on the promotion of health and the development of individual responsibility.
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Midwives take time to listen to you. Midwives believe that childbearing is normal and that you and your family should create the birth experience that will be meaningful to you.
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The care you receive at Home Sweet Home Birth honors and respects the wisdom and dignity of all women, and the sacredness of pregnancy and birth.
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Prenatal visits are made at the Birth Center. Home visits can be requested and are made on an as needed basis. During these visits the health of the
Prenatal visits are made at the Birth Center. Home visits can be requested and are made on an as needed basis. During these visits the health of the mother and fetus are assessed. This is done by discussing any concerns the mother may have and asking her how she has been feeling. This is followed by examination of the mother’s vital signs and urinalysis and necessary blood work at the appropriate times. The health of the baby is assessed by determining appropriate growth, heart rate and reactivity of the fetus’ heart rate and movements. The position of the baby and weight estimation is also determined. These appointments are good opportunities to learn about how your baby is laying in your womb and we can help you identify the little parts that you feel every day. Visits are made every 3 weeks until the eighth month and then we see you twice, after that you will have a visit every week until the birth of your baby.
Postpartum visits are made at your home for the first five days and again at 10 days and two weeks. Well baby care continues, with a week 4 and week 6 visit. A well woman examination including a pap test is proved between 8 and 12 weeks postpartum. At the last visit, we can also provide you with a form of contraception called a FemCap.
Home Birth
What is Homebirth?
Most of our grandparents were born at home. Most of our lawmakers and country leaders were
also born at home. Today only between 1 and 5 percent of families choose to give birth to their
babies in their own homes and this number is growing. Those who do, claim that their
experience of birth was extremely satisfying and empowering. Homebirth is an excellent choice
for the majority of women. Homebirth, or birth in a freestanding birth center,
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Water Birth
Waterbirth is a safe and comforting method of birthing your child. We offer this option at Home Sweet Home Birth. The birth center has a built in tub just for that purpose. Mothers who have experienced birthing in water, have glowing comments about the increased comfort of the water. They are able to move about with ease, the warm water relaxes them which in turn decreases the amount of pain they experience.click here to read more.
Newborn Care
The care of your baby is very important. The most important elements of your baby's care are those things that you will be providing; warmth in the form of skin to skin contact, food in the form of colostrum and breast milk and love. click here to read more.
VBAC
Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section. We have provided many women with this care. If you have had one or two c-sections and have never had a vaginal birth or if you have had a vaginal birth and three c-sections or if you became pregnant at least 12 months from your last cesarean, we can help you. Click to read more.
Prenatal Care
The prenatal care that you receive from the midwives at Home Sweet Home Birth is very personal. We offer a comprehensive holistic program of care. Your individualized care begins with your first prenatal visit. You can expect our prenatal visits to last at least one hour. During our visits we will be checking in on you and your baby. We make time during each visit for you to ask questions.Click here to read more..
Postpartum
Postpartum visits are made at your home every day for the first five days. If you and your baby are doing very well and you have plenty of family support, these visits may be modified. We want to be available to you to support you in breastfeeding and in helping you with anything else that you may need. Click here to read more..
Classes
Expectant Parent Classes at Home Sweet Home Birth are provided 4 times a year for those clients who are due within 3 months of the class. These are one day classes held on a Saturday at the Birth Center. They are for all parents to be who are planning a home or birth center birth. Dates and times to be announced.Click here to read more..
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