Quality care is...prenatal visits that allow enough time to ask questions, understand care options, and share concerns. Midwives generally allot one hour per visit. Quality care is...your provider taking the time to explain options and alternatives in prenatal care, labor, and birth. Quality care is...the use of technology only when the benefits outweigh the risks. Quality care is...a provider who values normal physiological birth and understands that healthy women can give b

Prenatal care with a Midwife follows The Midwives Model of Care which 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 Identifying and referring women who require obstetrical attention. As your Midwife, I s