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The Best Prenatal Care for You & Your Baby

One of the best pregnancy tips you can get is to find a good prenatal care practitioner. Working with a certified midwife is a great option if you prefer holistic prenatal care with a more natural approach.

At Hearth & Home, this isn’t just core to our mission and commitment to clients — it’s our expertise!

Our goal as certified midwives is to provide you with a superior pregnancy care experience. This includes prenatal care benefits that aren’t typically available with hospital-centric pregnancy care. For example:

  • We’re specialists with extensive focused training, certification, and experience centered on caring for women and their babies before, during, and after childbirth.

  • We tend to your whole body, mind, and spirit because a healthy pregnancy hinges on total wellness.

  • Because we get to know you so deeply, we can provide next-level care that truly resonates.

  • The cost of our services is predictable - often much less expensive compared to care in the medical model.

  • We’re able to give you more attention and personalized service, which can have tremendously positive effects on the quality of your pregnancy experience.

 

 What’s Included in Hearth & Home’s Prenatal Care

Rest assured that prenatal care in the midwifery model is complete prenatal care. With Hearth & Home, you’ll get comprehensive, professional, and modern pregnancy care.

While your care will be somewhat personalized to your specific needs and preferences, here are some of the prenatal services we offer:

  • Guidance on and planning for natural birthing, including home births and water births

  • Routine exams and lab work you’d have at any birthing facility

  • Education and counseling on all facets of pregnancy including mood, clinical care, nutrition and supplements, movement, and exercise

  • Holistic, natural, alternative, and complementary wellness

  • Childbirth and parenting course

Your Hearth & Home midwifery prenatal care package will incorporate everything you and your baby need and deserve for a healthy pregnancy:

  • Hour-long appointments every month until 28 weeks pregnant, every other week from 28-36 weeks of pregnancy, and every week starting at 36 weeks of pregnancy until birth. These appointments include physical exams, lifestyle and supplement support, and preventative care for the complications of pregnancy

  • In-office labs and genetic testing plus referrals for ultrasounds

  • A prenatal home visit in the 3rd trimester to plan for the big day

  • 24/7 on-call access to a midwife who knows you in case of an urgent need

Continuity of care through the stages of pregnancy and beyond is incredibly important. As such, your Hearth & Home midwife will also assist you and your baby during labor and delivery and the early postpartum period.

 

Testimonials

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Jennifer Lux

I had a truly ecstatic homebirth VBAC with Hearth and Home Midwifery - I am sad my time with the midwives is over and overjoyed that I get to carry this experience and them in my heart forever. I will be forever grateful to Sarah, Charli, and Emily - they are my birth heroes and I still can't believe this past year was real. I am still riding my birth high!

Don't forget to check out their incredible podcast, The Homebirth Midwife Podcast! It is such an incredible resource. It is great for when things come up in-between appointments, you can always find an episode to answer a question. I sent episodes to family members who were confused about home birth, and it taught them a lot. You also get to hear just how charismatic, intelligent, and passionate they are.

Hearth and Home has set the bar high for home birth care and they are making a wonderful positive impact in our community! I'm so excited for all of their future clients and babies!

- Jennifer

Trevor

My wife and I were lucky enough to have the Hearth and Home crew deliver both our little ones and they were so special and wonderful both times. They provide such a deeper, more personal, and way more compassionate approach to prenatal care all the way through postpartum. If we were to have any more kiddos I couldn’t even imagine doing a hospital birth. During labor they knew exactly what my wife needed at all times. They gave us plenty of space when she needed it, when she needed reassurance they knew what to say , and when the time came they were right there and ready. Amazing Midwives!

- Trevor

Dylan

Words can’t even begin to express my gratitude for the incredible midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery. I wish I could have ten more children so I could experience their amazing care over and over again!

I had my first child with Hearth and Home about two months ago. Sarah showed such profound care, empathy, and validation of my feelings in that initial conversation that I knew we’d found our midwives. She instantly made me feel seen and safe, and that feeling continued throughout my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.

I felt so empowered as I birthed by healthy baby into my own hands in my own home! It was the most challenging and incredible experience of my life.

I’ve already referred pregnant friends to Hearth and Home, and I would recommend them without hesitation to anyone considering a home birth. I can’t imagine better midwives or a more positive birth experience. I will remember Sarah, Charli, and Emily for the rest of my life with immense fondness and gratitude!

- Dylan

Emily

We are so thankful for the care we received from Sarah, Charli and Emily! The hour long prenatal appointments allowed us to ask all the questions on our minds, to learn about the routine assessments at each point in pregnancy, to hear our baby’s heartbeat and to connect with our midwives, all of which helped us develop such a trusting bond with them. They all exude deep knowledge, passion and care for the work they do, and we loved the chance to learn about pregnancy and birth from them (their online childbirth education class and podcast are well worth the extra investment & time!)

- Emily

Rosie Client (Copy)

I cannot recommend Charli and Sarah of Hearth and Home Midwifery highly enough. They work hard to stay up-to-date and are so knowledgeable. Instead of telling me the next step when complications arose during my pregnancy, they provided informed consent: providing information, offering suggestions, and ultimately allowing me and my partner to make the final decision. They went out of their way to establish a relationship with my 3-year-old daughter and make her feel included in the process of my care. Sarah and Charli are compassionate and caring; I always left appointments with them feeling encouraged and loved. I've never felt so respected by healthcare providers. I will miss them so much, now that my baby and I have graduated from their care.My baby's shoulder got stuck after his head was born, a situation that had the potential to be frightening and very dangerous. Charli and Sarah remained calm and helped my baby out in a way that was very gentle and also very quick. My baby came out screaming and thriving, and I didn't even tear! I'm so grateful that they kept us both so safe.

– Rosie

Grandma Jen

Sarah and Charli helped to give me the most profound experience of my life. In their calm, professional manner, they included me in the process of allowing me to assist in delivering my grandson. They are with you every step of the process but allow you to have the personal experience you desire. They completely listened to our family’s wants for the birthing process and allowed us the freedom to change our minds when we wanted to.

I was already impressed but then the after birth visits blew me away. Frequent and informative visits for new parents who need help.

We all would highly recommend these two caring, beautiful women who helped to bring our most precious child into our lives.

– Grandma Jen

 

Hearth & Home, a Crowning Example of Midwifery Service

Midwifery is more than just a healthcare profession to us. It's our calling — and clients can tell. Our clients can count on getting exceptional prenatal care that leads to an optimal pregnancy and birth experience.

Clients seek us out and ultimately engage our services for various reasons. Regardless of individual motivations that lead them to us, clients know we:

  • Prioritize holistic prenatal care

  • Are skilled practitioners

  • Offer supplementary herbal and dietary approaches

  • Are champions of the innate capabilities of your body

  • Retain the flexibility necessary to optimize your plan

  • Strive to help you feel empowered and in control

  • Consider and advocate for the interests of mom, baby, and family

  • Communicate openly and honestly and work hard to build trust and rapport

  • Are professional yet empathetic

  • Provide unparalleled support

  • Accept only a handful of patients each month to ensure excellent care

 

FAQs

  • This is a blanket term that refers to the checkups you have with your midwife during your pregnancy. They include office visits, testing, and counseling that are intended to monitor your health and your baby's development as your pregnancy progresses.

  • Prenatal visit frequency will change as you progress through your pregnancy and depending on your and your baby’s health. On a typical prenatal care schedule, you’ll see your midwife monthly in your first two trimesters, bi-weekly from 28-36 weeks of pregnancy, and then weekly starting at 36 weeks of pregnancy until you go into labor.

  • Prenatal care changes with the stages of your pregnancy. At the beginning, exams and tests are used to confirm pregnancy, check and track your health, and detect and monitor the baby's health and well-being. In the second trimester, you’ll receive informed choices about an ultrasound (to monitor growth and anatomy) and bloodwork. The third trimester is largely about frequent prenatal care visits to keep tabs on your and your baby’s well-being and preparedness for childbirth.

 

You Deserve the Best Prenatal Care

You owe it to yourself and your baby to get the best possible prenatal care to help ensure a healthy pregnancy. At Hearth & Home, we provide exceptional and personalized midwifery services to families in the greater Portland area. If you’re ready to take the next step and find out more about our certified midwife prenatal care packages, contact us today.