Homebirth Services

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Prenatal Care

All prenatal care is done in office. Home visits are an option for some clients with specific circumstances.

What to expect:

  • Monthly visits until 28 weeks, visits every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, weekly visits until birth.                    

  • Initial health biography and history

  • Lifestyle + nutrition + herbal recommendations

  • Health assessments of you and baby at each visit, including: belly checks for estimating fetal weight, growth, position and fluid levels, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse and overall wellness.

  • Individualized lab work + screening

  • Time for questions + education + planning

  • Referrals to a community of perinatal healthcare providers

  • Community centered childbirth education series



 

Labor and Birth

Birth is a normal physiologic event that tends to unfold as it should when in the comfort and safety of your home or Birth center with familiar faces.

What to expect:

  • assessing fetal heart tones

  • monitoring blood pressure + pulse + temperature

  • tracking fluid intake + output

  • assessing your comfort + rest + nourishment

  • a well trained birth assistant

  • Suturing, up to a 2nd degree tear, as needed

  • Herbal bath

  • 3-4 hours immediate postpartum care after birth including a full newborn exam + support establishing breastfeeding + light tidying up

Postpartum Care

Support for your family and its newest member.

For baby:

  • 2-3 home visits during the first 2 weeks, office visits at 4 and 6 weeks postpartum.

  • Vitals + wellness assessment

  • Weight checks

  • Visual jaundice screening, lab work as desired.

  • Nursing + sleep + soothing support

  • Monitoring for normal elimination patterns

  • Cord care

  • Latch + tongue tie assessment (referrals as needed)

  • Decorative footprints (if desired)

  • Birth certificate and SSN paperwork

  • CCHD screening, hearing screen, blood typing, and newborn metabolic screening

For you:

  • 2-3 home visits during the first 2 weeks, office visits at 4 and 6 weeks postpartum.

  • 24 hour text/phone call access for urgent matters

  • Vitals + wellness assessment

  • Nutritional + herbal support

  • Breastfeeding support

  • Referrals to a lactation consultant (as needed)

  • Perineal and uterine healing support

  • Emotional wellness + nourishment + hormone balance

  • Referrals to a community of postpartum care providers

  • Family leave paperwork

  • 1 Lactation visit with Megan Macy CLC, or other IBCLC/CLC if unavailable


Investment

Juniper Midwifery’s fee includes all prenatal, birth, and postpartum care.

Midwifery fee: $6,500

  • Midwifery fee is $6,500 for all inclusive pricing. Ultrasounds and lab work are outsourced and are billed separately, however, a cash pay package of $500 is available for lab work. Repeat client discount of $400 offered.

  • If birth center birth is desired, there is a birth center facility fee that is paid directly to Northwest Midwifery Collective prior to delivery.

  • Sliding scale fee available for those with financial need when schedule allows.

  • Juniper Midwifery is considered out of network with all traditional insurance plans.

  • Juniper Midwifery does accept most Washington Apple Health Plans.

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