Having a Baby in Northern Arizona?

Consider Safe and Comprehensive Midwifery Care

Welcome! We are certified professional midwives specializing in home birth, out-of-hospital birth, and water birth. We encourage all women to find a midwife or physician that provides complete and holistic pregnancy care, childbirth education classes, continuous support during labor and birth, breastfeeding care, and physician referrals when needed or desired. We are dedicated to serving Flagstaff and Northern Arizona families in just this way!

There are no accredited birth centers in Northern Arizona, but many women desiring birthing center options find that we can meet their needs by providing similar care in their own home, or at several home-like settings nearer to the Flagstaff hospital.

What is a Certified Professional Midwife?

Certified professional midwives (CPM’s) are nationally certified after completing a comprehensive midwifery education. They provide the Midwives Model of Care to pregnant women and families in a variety of settings, including birth centers, homes and hospitals. Today, midwives deliver 80% of the world’s babies. Did you know that the countries with the best pregnancy outcome statistics use midwives as primary providers of maternity care? United States ranks low on the list of industrialized countries with better pregnancy outcomes. In Arizona, midwives are licensed and regulated by the state. Arizona certified and licensed midwives have also shown excellent safety outcomes.

Our Philosophy ~

Birth is a normal healthy experience and homebirth is an excellent option for women in good general health. Every woman has the right to safe, satisfying health care and every family has the right to participate in decisions regarding pregnancy and birth, and to experience a family-centered birth. We have a strong belief that not only is every woman different, but also each pregnancy and birth. For this reason, we use few interventions and let labors unfold at their natural pace and in their unique way. As midwives, we are facilitators of a natural process, and believe in non-intervention, as long as it is safe.

Midwives Model of Care ~

The Midwives Model of Care includes:

Monitoring the physical, psychological and social well-being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle
Providing the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support
Minimizing technological interventions, and
Identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention.

The application of this woman-centered model of care has been proven to reduce the incidence of birth injury, trauma, and cesarean section.

Description of Services ~

Pregnancy tests
Complete wholistic prenatal care
Midwifery team with 24 hr. on-call availability
Nutrition assessment and counseling
Prenatal lab work and testing
Childbirth classes
Water Births
Continuous support during labor
Labor and Birth Care at home or out of hospital
24 hr. Physician consultation and referral
Breastfeeding support
Normal newborn care
Postpartum care
Parenting support/referral
Family planning education/referral
Pre-conception Counseling

Cost of Services ~

Our services are typically about one-fourth the cost of traditional obstetric care and delivery in a hospital. Many insurance plans cover 30-50% of our services as out-of-network providers. We have a payment plan and sliding fee scale available for those paying out-of-pocket.

Northern Arizona Birth Announcements

Alexia
to Colleen and Bryan
4/20/13 7 lbs 2 oz

Landon
to Sarah and Jesse
3/26/13 7 lbs 2 oz

Brooke
to Clara and Mark
3/23/13 6 lbs 8 oz

Jack
to Lisa and Ben
2/18/13 7 lbs 14 oz

Eli
to Karen and Zak
2/12/13 7 lbs 9 oz

Adeline
to Susan and Jason
2/11/13 8 lbs 1 oz

Daya
to Kori and Joe
2/7/13 6 lbs 5 oz

William
to Heather and Daniel
1/14/13 7 lbs 2 oz

Boden
to Christa and Shane
1/10/13 9 lbs 4 oz

Max
to Maribeth and Sam
1/4/2013 7 lbs 1 oz

Joseph
to Alethea and Joseph
12/19/12 7 lbs 2 oz

Miriam
to Stacia and Joseph
12/7/12 5 lbs 5 oz

Kairyn
to LeAnne and Arbee
12/1/12 6 lbs 10 oz

Sonya
to Lillian and Spencer
11/21/12 6 lbs 1 oz

Noah
to Felicia and Mathew
11/20/12 7 lbs 2 oz

Mia
to Mary and Matt
11/8/12 7 lbs 12 oz

Jude
to Erin and John
11/2/12 7 lbs 7 oz

Benjamin
to Anya and Todd
10/22/12 8 lbs 2 oz

Livvie
to Stephanie and Derek
10/18/12 7 lbs 5 oz

O’Connor
to Ann-Marie and Adam
10/17/12 8 lbs 6 oz

Wren
to Lisa and Brian
10/4/12 7 lbs 3 oz

Keanan
to Robin and Chris
9/23/12 6 lbs 8 oz

Isa
to Janine and Eliot
9/20/12 8 lbs 3 oz

Adeline
to Bridget and Andrew
9/17/12 6 lbs 12 oz

"...we went to meet with the midwives at Womancare Midwifery. Their whole philosophy was much more
in line with ours; that birth doesn't have to be a medical event...The midwives made us feel safe and empowered."
Kristen