There's no place like homebirth

• Women's Health Gynecological Exams/Annuals
• Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement therapy
• Pre-Conception 
• Fertility / Infertility
• Prenatal Care
• Labor / Birth
• Postpartum
• Newborn (up to 4 weeks)
• Doula and/or Monitrice services

Midwife Alyssa is dual-certified as a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife. She is licensed as a CNM/APRN in the states of MO and IN. Certified Nurse-Midwives are Registered Nurses with Master’s Degrees or Doctorates in Nursing and are board certified by a national midwifery organization. Certified Nurse-Midwives in Indiana are required to have a collaborating physician. They can prescribe medications, and catch babies in homes, birth centers, and hospitals.  

Midwife Alyssa completed a Master’s degree from the top nurse-midwifery program in the nation and holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice degree. She  has post-graduate training in obstetric and neonatal emergency management, and participates in continuing education to maintain the most current information and evidence-based practices. She has been practicing professionally both in and out-of-hospital as a midwife for several years. She also worked f as a staff nurse on a high-risk labor & delivery unit prior as well as a cardiac nurse prior to becoming a certified nurse-midwife. She has been certified in Basic Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, and participated in many rigourous obstetric emergency programs.  She is also a trained and experienced doula and certified HypnoDoula.  

• 24/7 access to the midwife 
• Care provided by an experienced certified nurse-midwife with expertise in functional health management, out of hospital birth, and birth emergency management.
• Prenatal Care - monthly until your 3rd trimester, every 2-3 weeks until 36 weeks, weekly until delivery, ultrasounds performed by midwife during visits as desired
• Labor & Birth - including birth pool rental (plus associated supplies: tarp, pool liner, hose, cover, electric air pump, sump pump); Medications, tinctures, homeopathy, and/or supplements needed during labor, birth, or immediately after birth; surgical procedures (repairing lacerations), newborn medications if desired, full newborn resuscitation with hospital-grade equipment as needed (medical air, oxygen,  mechanical suction, T-piece resuscitator, CPAP, LMA)
• Postpartum Care - Visits Day 2 at home (including full examination, breastfeeding/chestfeeding support),  postpartum week 2, and postpartum week 6
• Newborn Care - newborn assessment, 2 day visit at home(including hearing screen, metabolic screen,  jaundice screening, congenital cardiac defect screen) The same tests performed in hospitals! Plus full newborn care for your baby for the first month of life!
• Extended Postpartum Care-  Check ins or appointments every 3 months postpartum for the first 12 months after birth for the prevention and treatment of perinatal mood disorders