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What is a Licensed Midwife?
A licensed midwife is a trained professional who provides health
care for a woman and her newborn baby throughout the childbearing
cycle.
Traditionally, midwives are known for their comforting, gentle
support of the birthing mother. Today, midwives strive to combine
these caring attitudes with the technical information currently
available in order to provide families with an alternative that is
both safe and personally satisfying.
Midwives feel that pregnancy and birth are normal, healthy events in
the female life cycle. A basic responsibility of the midwife is to
facilitate the healthy progression through pregnancy, birth and
parenting, while guarding against complications.
Why Choose to Homebirth?
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 Less Pain
- Hospital environments may contribute to feelings of fear and
stimulate production of adrenaline. This will inhibit release of
oxytocin and endorphins slowing down labor and increasing pain.
Being at home allows you to move about freely and get into
comfortable positions as you go through labor.
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More Personal Control - The hospital's need for efficiency
may take precedent over your body's own natural process. At
home, you will be in charge! Choose who you would like
present at the birth of your child.
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Greater Support
- Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home and
being surrounded by the loving support of family and friends.
Your Midwife will be present during the entire birthing process.
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Increased
Bonding - You will be in immediate contact with your
baby and will not be separated as often occurs in hospitals.
Breastfeeding is encouraged and more likely to be successful
because your baby is more alert.
Professional Midwife Services
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Preconception counseling
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Complete prenatal, delivery and
postpartum care
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Waterbirth
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Breastfeeding counseling
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Childbirth education classes
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Counseling and referral for women
desiring Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)
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Labor support for women desiring hospital
births
We Provide Midwifery Services and
Homebirths in the Northern Arizona Communities of ...
Chino Valley, Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Dewey-Humboldt, Mayer,
Paulden, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Sedona, Skull Valley, and
Wilhoit.
Contact us
for a free consultation.
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