Midwifery Services
Midwives offer a range of services, from well-person care through postpartum and nearly everything in between! Appointments are a relaxed 1-hour long, all of your questions are answered in a timely manor and you feel cared for, safe, and prepared.
Well-Person Care
Prenatal Care
Home Birth Midwifery Services
If you're not yet pregnant, but thinking about it as a future possibility, Magpie offers well-person preconception care. This involves routine blood work, STI testing, PAP smears, and nutritional and supplement counseling. We offer guidance to get your body in a stable and balanced place prior to conception, setting you up for the success you deserve.
Magpie offers one-hour long prenatal appointments from the comfort of your own home for ease and convenience. Prenatal appointments involve clinical assessment of you and your baby's well-being, any screening, testing, or lab work that's indicated, and give you plenty of time to ask any and all questions regarding your pregnancy and birth. We operate on the same routine prenatal schedule as allopathic systems.
Comprehensive, safe, and professional birth services within your own home. We bring the birth suite to you, with all the supplies needed to ensure a safe experience for you and your baby. Magpie also offers water birth at no extra cost. Birth looks different for everyone, so our job is to meet you where you're at, acclimate, adjust, and offer the support that *you* need.
Postpartum Care
Additional Services
In-depth support for the whole family. We see you and your baby as one unit and treat you both accordingly. Postpartum care with Magpie midwives is more involved than hospital approaches, and one of the biggest perks of the midwifery care model. Each postpartum appointment is at least one hour long and involves clinical assessment for both you and your baby, as well as education and support around your healing process. We remain on-call for you into the postpartum period, to be available for any questions or concerns you may have during this incredibly special and sacred time. After you give birth, we see you again at 24-hrs, 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks postpartum.
Magpie Midwives also provide doula services, placental encapsulation, well gynecology testing, loss support, STI testing, pregnancy testing, contraceptive and fertility counseling, and more for families that are using our home birth services and for those seeing other providers.
What You Can Expect from Your Midwives
What does full spectrum, individualized care look like? Below is what you can expect in your appointments and journey.
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Prenatal Care
Prenatal care includes:
-- 90-minute initial prenatal visit
-- Monthly, hour long prenatal visits until 28 weeks of pregnancy
-- Bi-monthly prenatal visits from 28-36 weeks
-- Weekly prenatal visits from 36 weeks until delivery
-- Lab work and ultrasound referrals as needed
-- Phone and email support throughout pregnancy
-- 24/7 on-call beginning at 36+5 (36 weeks and 5 days)
Home Birth
Licensed Providers Safely Supporting Your Birth Including
-- Medical Supplies for Your Birth
-- Birth Tub Rental
-- Attendance at Your Birth
-- Newborn Exam
-- Breastfeeding Support
Postpartum Care
Caring Support When You Need it Most
-- Hour long postpartum visits in your own home at 24 hours, 3 days, 1 weeks, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, and 6 weeks
-- Parent and baby vitals at each vitals, including weight assessments for your growing baby
-- Lactation and feeding support (referrals offered for complex cases)
-- Screening for postpartum emotional disorders and referrals as needed
-- Congenital heart defect screening
-- Newborn metabolic screening
-- Filing for your baby's birth certificate through Michigan Vital Records
-- Pap and pelvic floor assessment at 6 weeks if needed
Postpartum care does NOT include:
-- Immunizations for baby
-- Circumcision
Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum - we are here for you!
When you reach out to Savannah, she will schedule a phone consultation with you to discuss your needs, get to know each other, and determine if you are a good fit.
Once you are on the calendar, you become part of the Magpie Midwifery Family. You can reach out to us at any time if you have a question, concern or just need some reassurance. This is what midwifery care with Savannah looks like!
