Prenatal Care
We provide 60 minute prenatal visits, at the standard interval of every four weeks for the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, then every two weeks until 36 weeks of pregnancy, then weekly until the baby is born. This extensive time spent together in prenatal visits allows plenty of opportunity to discuss the multitude of topics that arise during pregnancy: your changing body and the growth of your baby, comfort in pregnancy, options for prenatal testing, optimal nutrition, suggestions for a healthy lifestyle, information on sibling preparation, relationship dynamics, preparing for parenthood, and preparing your home for birth. We also perform the standard medical evaluation of blood pressure, urine testing, fetal heart rate assessment, and belly checks at every visit. Between visits, we are available by phone and email to answer any questions you may have.

Care during Labor and Birth
 When you go into labor, we will come to you as soon as you need us. During labor, we carefully safeguard the progress of labor and the well-being of both mama and baby and will offer suggestions to facilitate labor, work with contractions, and maintain a calm and serene environment. After the birth we monitor the health of mother and newborn(as unobtrusively as possible!) and remain at the home until both are stable and well; usually at least 3 hours.  We will perform a complete newborn exam and provide thorough instructions on postpartum care before we leave.

Postpartum Care
We provide postpartum home visits every other day for the first week after the birth, at around 2 weeks, and again at 4 weeks.  We offer additional phone consultations as often as needed throughout the postpartum period, and extra home visits if there are pressing problems.  We typically close care with our clients six weeks after the birth, at which time they have their final visit with us in the office.