ST AUGUSTINE HOME BIRTH

Services Provided

  • Home birth, including water birth
  • Comprehensive prenatal care in your home or in office
  • Nutritional counseling
  • Postpartum care for mother & baby during the first six weeks
  • Breastfeeding support
  • Fertility Awareness counseling
  • Preconception counseling
  • Referrals to holistic health providers and community resources
  • Lending library of books, videos, DVDs and other materials

Schedule of Services During Your Pregnancy and Postpartum

  • Initial visit in first weeks of care
  • 24-hour availability for midwifery emergencies/concerns
  • Prenatal visits every four weeks until 28 weeks of pregnancy, every two weeks from 28 to 36 weeks of pregnancy, and every week from 36 weeks to birth
  • Continuous labor care and support in mother's home when labor is established
  • Care during labor, birth & postpartum until mother and baby are settled and stable
  • Postpartum and well baby visits during the first two weeks, and once again at 4 to 6 weeks postpartum
  • Additional phone consultations and/or visits as needed

Laboratory Testing/Fees

  • Only necessary lab work, determined on an individual basis, is required.
  • The client, client's insurance or client's Medicaid will be billed for all lab work separately.  
  • Self-pay clients have the option of purchasing labs on an as-needed basis.