Many women give birth in the peaceful comfort and safety of their own home. The Eden Birth & Wellness midwife and assistants specialize in homebirth!
Birthing Your Way
The precious time of birth is handled with care for your health and safety as well as with respect for personal bonding between you and your baby, and your family.
Some of the options with natural homebirth include continuity of care with your midwife, family participation, waterbirth, and alternatives after prior C-section. See Homebirth VBAC.
Many women feel more secure in their own environment instead of a
place full of strangers and confusion. In her own
environment with the people she chooses, a woman experiences a rise in
endorphins (natural pain inhibitor in the body) and studies prove fewer
complications.
Relaxing at home prevents interruption to your labor rhythym, paving the way to a calm birth.
The midwife and assistants of Eden Birth & Wellness
bring the necessary equipment and supplies for homebirth to you and carefully monitor your and your baby's well-being during labor in a
gentle way that supports your natural labor rhythyms.
Helping you to stay nourished and hydrated is important as your body
needs to keep up the work of labor at its best.
Often, women will choose to relax in a waterbirth tub or pool, as a method of comfort during labor at home.
Your needs and choices are supported to help you give birth your way
- rather than have it delivered from you.
In between charting vital signs and other aspects of wellness for you
and your baby over several hours, your birth team makes sure you're
comfortable and that the room is tidy again.
See Research & Support Organizations.
Childbirth Education
We welcome you to attend natural Healthy Start childbirth classes and workshops for
southwest Idaho families.
The Birth Stories Gatherings are also a great way to share experiences
and learn from others.
Care During Your Pregnancy
Prenatal checkups include lab work, nutrition assessment and counseling,
and assessment of fetal well-being, with sonograms (ultrasound) and additional tests ordered as needed. Referrals to further medical care are offered if necessary. The
individual comfort and physical, spiritual, emotional and cultural concerns of our clients are important to us. Ask
your questions about homebirth and let us know your preferences!
After Your Baby is Born
Postnatal care includes the hours after birth while you and your baby bond and get to know each other better.
This time is very important for you and your baby. It should be
protected and not unnecessarily interrupted.
While attending to your individual needs, the midwife monitors well-being
for you and your baby, and gently performs the newborn exam and assessments.
You might also enjoy a soothing herb bath that we prepare for you.
Postnatal checkups for you and your baby continue with a visit at your home within 24-48 hrs. and
again within about 5 days after your birth. Newborn metabolic screenings
tests are also available through your midwife.
At about 2 weeks we give you both another checkup at our office, or as pre-arranged.
Your final postnatal visit is between 1 month to 6 weeks,
including well-baby checkup, well-woman PAP test, etc...
Breastfeeding
Support and on-call availability is maintained for any concerns you may have.
Birth Certificate
Your baby's birth certificate application is prepared and sent to the state vital records office by your midwife.
Well-woman Checkups
Checkups and PAP tests available postnatally for 6 weeks.
Referrals
Further care to medical practitioners may be referred.
For more information:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For questions about affordability:
Fees & Insurance.
Cochran Database:
Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women
"Outcomes of planned home births with certified professional midwives:
large prospective study in North America"
A Canadian Study in 2009: "Outcomes of Planned Homebirth..."
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