Midwives provide individualized care. We will work together with you in all your health care decisions, considering your needs, desires and individual health. We use evidence based research to help you understand your options. Not only that, but we respect that you are the best decision maker when it comes to your own as well as your baby’s health.

Home births for low-risk pregnancies have a lower risk of interventions, augmentation of labor, episiotomies, instrumental births and c-sections than if the delivery occurred in a hospital. Home birth clients also report experiencing a higher degree of satisfaction and may experience more success with breastfeeding.

Women choose a home birth for a variety of reasons including, autonomy, increased control of environment, family/partner support, and comfort of being home. You can have who you want at your delivery and who you want caring for you. You can eat, drink, sleep, walk, dance or do whatever feels right.

Women who have a home birth usually report a greater sense of accomplishment and greater satisfaction when compared with birthing in a hospital setting.

If you desire to give birth as undisturbed as possible, the answer is likely yes! For women experiencing low-risk pregnancies (meaning that neither you nor your baby has a medical condition), home birth can be a safe and satisfying experience. During your free consultation, we will discuss your health and that of the baby and answer questions to help you decide the best option.

It is normal to wonder about the pain of labor. Many women have concerns about how they will be able to cope. Labor is hard work, and pain may be involved, however, giving birth does not need to include suffering.

The physical discomfort of labor may coexist with feelings of satisfaction, enjoyment, and empowerment as you give birth in your own home with your chosen support persons.

Research shows that women who have continuous emotional and physical support from a partner, loved one, douala, or midwife report less pain in labor. As your midwives, we will be with you during your labor, assessing how well you are coping and providing suggestions for comfort measures that may reduce pain.

We provide care to women within 60 miles of our office in Terre Haute, Indiana - exceptions with an additional fee may apply. If you have questions about whether we can travel to you, please contact us.

Absolutely! Immersion in warm water during labor and birth provides comfort and supports relaxation. It also tends to provide a gentler birth for the baby. It is a safe and effective non-medical method of providing pain relief and promoting normal physiologic birth. Research shows that water birth is just as safe for the mother and baby as a "land" birth.

If you have a sizeable garden-style tub in your home, that can work well. If not, we offer a birth tub for rent or can provide information on selecting an inflatable pool for purchase.

Your first prenatal visit is usually around 8-10 weeks after the first day of your last menstrual period. However, some women choose to wait until early in the second trimester. If you are considering a home birth, contact us as soon as possible to check for availability.

Each of these situations will be considered on an individual basis.

We are out of network with insurance companies. If you would like to seek reimbursement, we will provide you with a superbill to submit to your insurance company once your baby is born. Please note that there is NO GUARANTEE that your insurance will pay, as some insurance plans cover midwifery services and some do not. We encourage you to speak with your insurance provider to learn about your coverage.

Unfortunately, Indiana Medicaid will not pay us for home birth at this time. We have tried to find a workaround, but the situation seems to be an outdated regulation prohibiting home birth. However, Wabash Valley Midwives is a Medicaid-approved provider, so we can order your lab work and ultrasounds, and Medicaid will cover those costs.

We are happy to provide a receipt for you to receive reimbursement from your healthcare sharing plan or to invoice your healthcare sharing plan directly if that is preferred.

The global fee covers all prenatal visits, your labor and birth, and postpartum visits up to 6 weeks after the birth. Our fee also includes birth pool, and birth kit. a breastfeeding class and childbirth class for first time parents. a Newborn metabolic screening (heel prick) and pulse ox done at first postpartum visit. It does not include labs and ultrasounds. It also does not include physician visits or hospital birth, should transport be needed.

As your midwives, we are trained to handle obstetric emergencies at home. We carry oxygen, monitoring equipment, and medications to handle emergencies for both the mom and baby. We maintain current certifications in CPR and NRP (neonatal resuscitation). The most common emergency for a mom is bleeding too much after birth. We treat this situation using the same medications used at a hospital. The most common emergency for an infant is needing help to begin breathing. This, too, is handled using the same type of equipment and following an evidence-based protocol for neonatal resuscitation from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

We will develop an emergency care plan during prenatal care just in case transport to the hospital becomes necessary. In the event of a transfer to the hospital during labor, we will accompany you and continue to provide care until arrival. We will deliver your records and update the hospital provider. We will stay with you to provide continuity and emotional support. Most transports are not emergencies and occur during labor when a decision is made that you and/or your baby would be safer or more comfortable at the hospital.

Yes, we will assist you with the necessary paperwork so that your baby will get a birth certificate and social security number.

There are very few differences between CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) and CPMs (Certified Professional Midwives). Both are certified (although by different certification organizations), and both are licensed to practice in Indiana. Both are extensively educated in the normal pregnancy cycle and how to recognize abnormal conditions. Both receive extensive hands-on training in the clinical setting. Both work in partnership with women to promote healthy pregnancy and informed decision-making regarding care during labor, birth, and postpartum.

CPMs are trained to care for women throughout their childbearing cycle in an out-of-hospital setting, such as a home or a birth center. CPMs are also called CDEMs (Certified Direct Entry Midwife) in Indiana. This is because CPMs enter the profession of midwifery directly without first training as a nurse.

CNMs may provide care either out of the hospital or in a hospital if they get privileges to do so. They also provide non-pregnancy-related medical care to women from puberty through menopause.

Certainly! We will work with you to provide the same individualized prenatal and postpartum care that all of our clients receive. We will also provide emotional support while you labor and birth in the hospital. However, we do not have hospital privileges, so you will need to be seen by a physician during pregnancy and your hospital birth.