From prenatal to postpartum, I'm here to provide the best care for you and your baby.
“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”
Oscar Wilde
Prenatal Services
During your pregnancy, I offer the traditional prenatal appointment schedule. An average prenatal visit lasts about an hour and includes nutritional guidance, emotional support, clinical assessments of mom and baby, and body balancing exercises to help encourage optimal fetal positioning. I perform most laboratory tests pertaining to the childbearing cycle and can refer a family for an ultrasound anytime they may need or desire one.
Labor & Birth Services
Every woman has her own unique birth story ready to unfold. During the birth process, I provide attentive and individualized care. I will monitor the well-being of both you and your baby as well as provide physical and emotional support. You have the choice of birthing in the comfort of your home or at the cozy La Farge Birth Center. Water birth is an option in both locations.
“We have a secret in our culture…and it’s not that birth is painful, it’s that women are strong.”
Laura Stavoe Harm
Benefits of Waterbirth
- Increased relaxation & comfort
- Reduction of pain
- Lower blood pressure
- Assisted fetal rotation due to buoyancy
- Easier transition for the baby
- Minimized bleeding
- Easier placental delivery
Postpartum Services
After the birth of your baby, I provide continued care for mom physically, emotionally, and mentally as well as newborn care and breastfeeding support. Postpartum visits will occur in your home at 24 hours, 3 days, and 2 weeks as well as in the office at 4 weeks and 6 weeks. Postpartum is a time of transition and change and I will be here to support you through it all.
“Babies are a bit of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky is the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star.”
Larry Barreto