Midwife Services in Pensacola, FL
The midwives at Pensacola Birth & Maternity Center are all licensed healthcare practitioners who are educated in the discipline of midwifery. Their preparation enables them to provide a wide range of services to women throughout their lifetime.
Like an OB or doctor, your midwife can provide prenatal care, labor, birth, and postpartum care. Yet, midwives can also, among other things, provide family planning and preconception care, prenatal exams, physical and psychological tests, gynecological exams, etc. Additionally, our midwives are trained in positions to comfort the laboring mom, which can help with the birth and homeopathic techniques.
Our Midwives
Midwife means “with a woman,” and this is what makes midwifery unique. We stay on top of every detail as your birth progresses. Once admitted at the birth center, our team will be attentive to your needs, whether that is for one, two, or twenty hours. Depending on the length and physicality of your birth, the midwife will need to switch from her health practitioner role to rest so that she can be alert during the peaks of your labor or if an emergency arises.
Our Birth Center
We are a community-based birth center. We take pride in developing long-term relationships with our clients. As midwives, we do not treat our clients as a number but as people who feel and need care beyond a chart. We are prepared to offer IVs, oxygen, neonatal resuscitation, medications for hemorrhaging, IV supplies, and suturing instruments, among other supplies that will be needed during your birth.
Midwifery Model of Care
Midwifery care is very different from the typical hospital model. Birth is a natural process that should have little to no interventions. Women should be supported wherever they choose to give birth, in and out of the hospital. We offer:
Holistic Care
Respect your birth wishes and do not restrict your needs (i.e., you can eat, move, bathe, and give birth in any position that feels natural to you). Our midwives will track the baby’s progression using dopplers to let the mom’s movement be natural.
Counseling
Throughout the prenatal visits, we will provide you and your family with dedicated time to ask questions and address your concerns. We will also offer educational classes and resources, health information, and recommendations around tests and procedures catered to you. Additionally, we will be there to coach you through the birth and during our postpartum visits. We are here to empower your birth experience.
Monitoring
Our team will continuously monitor your physical and psychological health to make sure you are prepared for your birth experience. Also, we will track your prenatal progress and diagnose, as needed, in order to make sure your pregnancy stays as low-risk as possible.
Our model lets us guide the mom through a natural process without the intervention of continuous monitoring. We know that every birth is different, and as such, we are patient with every birth’s progression. Professionals have proven and documented that midwifery care can substantially reduce C-section and birth trauma rates.
Book an appointment with our team regarding a midwife for your upcoming delivery by calling (850) 430-9470.