Home Birth
- Gentle family-centered birth in the intimacy of your home
- Water Birth
- Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC)
Based on your birth preferences, you will be able to have a water birth, use a birth stool, exercise ball, counter-pressure massage, hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, music, relaxation and breathing techniques.
I will monitor your labor progress by a minimum of vaginal exams, the fetal heart rate will be monitored with a water prove doppler for your comfort, so you won’t need to get out of the tub or shower where you are laboring.
I will bring oxygen and herbal remedies that will be used as needed.
I use extra virgin olive oil to massage your perineum as your baby descends through the birth canal, and support the perineal tissue to avoid tearing. If it is your desire to catch your baby or daddy’s wish to do so, I encourage you to be as involved as you want in the birth process.
Usually the umbilical cord will be left alone until it has stopped pulsating, to provide oxygen and nutrients to your baby while he or she is going through transition, and lungs are starting to expand. Dad or mom may cut the cord once pulsing has stopped. Baby will be next to mom and dad at all times, and I encourage nursing as soon as possible.
I will birth the placenta and help you and your baby to get cleaned up and comfortable in your own bed at home.
Complete newborn exam, weight and measurements, will be performed next to mom and dad. Breast feeding counseling will be provided as requested. Mom will be fed, and I will monitor mom and baby’s vital signs.
Once everything has been done and I have answered all your questions and given you some suggestions, I will go home and let you rest and enjoy the new member of the family.
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